“We’re going to see Star Wars! Come on!” I lay on the couch, exhausted from my last final, and peered…
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Just Another Writing Birthday
I spent my twenty-first birthday in the University Research Library writing a paper on King Lear. It was the Friday…
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Traveler’s Tales: The Thrill of Polyglots
I grew up in a community of multi-lingual people, or polyglots. My own mother, born in Sicily, spoke Italian as…
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