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Studying (and Struggling) Abroad: Reflecting on British/American “Transmigrations”

Vaughn Scribner on Dr. Alexander Hamilton, transatlantic voyages past and present, and finding connection in far-flung places.

December 13, 2024
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Black Lives Matter and African American literature of the 1950s

Participants in the protests following the murder of George Floyd in Minnesota have emphasised historical continuity in the experience of racist oppression in the United States.

Kirsty Crosbie
July 20, 2020

Normal People and the strangeness of other people

Towards the end of Sally Rooney’s acclaimed novel Normal People, the two main characters, Connell and Marianne, talk sleepily one morning about whether it’s possible ever really to know another person. ‘I guess everyone is a mystery in a way’,…

Kirsty Crosbie
July 9, 2020