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Bound in the Bond of Life Book Cover

A Horrendous Day in the Neighborhood: A Review of Bound in the Bond of Life, Pittsburgh Writers Reflect on the Tree of Life Tragedy

The massacre is considered the largest ever terror act against Jews on American soil. But it is not a book created only for students of Jewish history. The imperative to a general readership calls to mind James Joyce’s quote: that in the particular is the
universal.

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The massacre is considered the largest ever terror act against Jews on American soil. But it is not a book created only for students of Jewish history. The imperative to a general readership calls to mind James Joyce’s quote: that in the particular is the
universal.

Cover Photo of "Ghost Of" by Diana Khoi Nguyen

Dangerously Close to Living: A Review of Ghost Of by Diana Khoi Nguyen

At times, Nguyen allows us to see beyond the brother into the world of ghosts conceived by exile—just as ghosts exist between the world of the living and the dead, the placeless exist between spaces of belonging and may require the same effort of remembering.

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At times, Nguyen allows us to see beyond the brother into the world of ghosts conceived by exile—just as ghosts exist between the world of the living and the dead, the placeless exist between spaces of belonging and may require the same effort of remembering.

Un-American by Hafizah Geter Cover Photo

Proud to be Un-American

Reading her book was akin to stumbling upon a coworker’s diary (or, more realistically, an outspoken social media profile), an exercise I found simultaneously fascinating and mildly discomfiting.

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Reading her book was akin to stumbling upon a coworker’s diary (or, more realistically, an outspoken social media profile), an exercise I found simultaneously fascinating and mildly discomfiting.

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