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Beirut Hellfire Society

by Meagan Logsdon

Rawi Hage’s novel "Beirut Hellfire Society" is an intimate glimpse at the effects of civil war that challenges social and religious norms. Pavlov is the son of an undertaker in war-stricken 1970s Beirut. An avid reader of the Greeks,... Read More

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Space Dogs

by Meagan Logsdon

Martin Parr’s "Space Dogs" features a collection of Soviet memorabilia alongside a brief overview of the program that led to the eventual entry of humans into space. What began as a mere scientific experiment soon erupted into a... Read More

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The Dictionary Wars

by Meagan Logsdon

Nationalism and patriotism are not unfamiliar substances in America’s bloodstream. As Peter Martin’s "The Dictionary Wars" illustrates, such fervor extended into heated debates over English language usage. In its infancy, the United... Read More

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The Goose Fritz

by Meagan Logsdon

Among the strands that shape a person’s identity, family may be one of the most influential. Sergei Lebedev delves into one such family in "The Goose Fritz", an impressive tangle of branches in a single ancestral tree. Kirill has... Read More

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Hermanas

by Meagan Logsdon

In "Hermanas", Natalia Kohn, Noemi Vega Quiñones, and Kristy Garza Robinson construct a lighthouse with love, built on the examples of biblical women as well as each author’s personal experiences, to draw their Christian Latina... Read More

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Sixteen

by Meagan Logsdon

Humming with emotion, Auguste Corteau’s "Sixteen" plumbs mysteries both sonic and spiritual. It’s a globe-spanning and deeply personal alternate history. The Soviet Union seems on the verge of collapse in 1953. Mass defections to the... Read More

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The Psychology of Time Travel

by Meagan Logsdon

Past, present, and future collide in "The Psychology of Time Travel". Kate Mascarenhas layers science, romance, and mystery to explore humans’ relationships not only to each other but also to time itself. Four scientists—Margaret,... Read More

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