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Join NOW!Judy Bolton-Fasman examines her Cuban-American parents in the Saturday Essay, in particular her mother’s struggle to read Don Quijote in its original Spanish for her master’s degree. Her parents’ heritage informs their aspirations in a new country. “For my father Cuba was a cautionary tale,” Bolton-Fasman writes. “For my mother it was a fairytale.” Then, […]
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“That’s the anthem I would have sung at my original graduation if the university had stayed open,” my mother said.
...moreThe last of the presidential debates is on tonight. Before gearing yourself up for that, check out these two great essays we published over the weekend: “If we can’t see the reality we wish, we simply manufacture it. We supply the demand.” Roxane Gay deconstructs our fascination with the revelation of the self. “When I […]
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