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Ten Intriguing Facts about Fearless Writer Sanora Babb

Iris Jamahl Dunkle, author of "Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb," shares 10 intriguing facts about intrepid writer Sanora Babb — peerless author of midcentury American literature who was silenced by John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath."
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Firesign Theatre made lowbrow, high-concept media critique

Somewhere between the virtuosic parodies of Frank Zappa and the screwball wit of Monty Python, the Firesign Theatre reinvented the comedy album in the 1960s and ’70s. Jeremy Braddock explores their legacy.
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Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month through Poetry

We honor Hispanic Heritage Month through poems by South American poets from the upcoming THE SERPENT AND THE FIRE, the final poetry anthology from Jerome Rothenberg and co-edited with Javier Taboada.
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Egyptian Things: Translating Egypt to Early Imperial Rome

by Edward William Kelting (Author)
Nov 2024
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Scripting Suicide in Japan

by Kirsten Cather (Author)
Oct 2024
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