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From “Oliver Stone’s Presence in Iran: Opportunity or Threat?” by Elham Rajabpur, published December 3 in the Iranian daily Keyhan News. Translated from the Farsi by the Open Source Center,…
An archaeological dispute
Thomas Hardy and the limits of biographies
The family ties that bind
Ralph Ellison and the perils of publicity
A tale of modern medicine
Travels in an open boxcar
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