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The Fighting Did Not Begin on Oct. 7. Biden, Stop Funding This Genocide.In 2018, I visited Israel, mainly to see the Biblical sites I’d heard so much about all my life. I had little interest or understanding of…Feb 21, 20242Feb 21, 20242
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The Meaning of “Anti-Hero”: Taylor Swift suggests Trump is the ProblemWhen Taylor Swift’s song “Anti-Hero” dropped earlier this year, the song seemed to be about Taylor Swift — and all of us — who are…Dec 2, 20221Dec 2, 20221
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K-Drama Crash Landing Into You (Korean title: “Love’s Firestarter”) Re-imagines North KoreaMay 24, 2021May 24, 2021
The Challenges of Reading Cross CulturallySince the 1990s, scholars in English have been debating the relative importance of the literary “canon” with some arguing for cultural…Mar 6, 2021Mar 6, 2021
A Brief History of World LiteratureAn excerpt adapted from the book Engendering Cosmopolitanism Through the Local by Jacquelyn Chappel (2019).Mar 6, 20211Mar 6, 20211
