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. . . a scathing, satirical campus novel about academia, orientalism, the Western commodification of Asian cultures, and the lengths to which institutions will go to protect their reputations and their darlings.
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Julie Iromuanya discusses her debut novel, MR. AND MRS. DOCTOR.
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Transcendent Kingdom becomes an experiment in itself.
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Ruth Baumann discusses her debut poetry collection, PARSE.
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D.M. Aderibigbe discusses his debut poetry collection, HOW THE END FIRST SHOWED.
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I felt unhinged in my moments of isolation, and frustrated in my muteness.
...moreBrian Booker discusses his debut collection Are You Here For What I’m Here For?, giving characters strange and unusual names, and sleeping sickness.
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Plankton either grows into something other than plankton—a strong swimming non-planktonic adult, like a crab or a fish, or it stays the same—forever drifting with the shifting tides.
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Poet, historian, and philosopher Jennifer Michael Hecht talks about Thomas Aquinas, Robin Williams, and her most recent book, Stay: A History of Suicide and the Philosophies Against It.
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