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Fiction

Dodo’s Grad­u­a­tion

Olga Zil­ber­bourg
February 3, 2025
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Fic­tion
Olive Days
Jes­si­ca Eli­she­va Emerson
Interview

The Bit­ter­sweet Beau­ty in Some­thing Irre­triev­ably Lost: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Sam­my Harkham, illus­tra­tor of the cov­er of the eighth issue of Paper Brigade 

Bec­ca Kantor
September 2, 2024
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Fic­tion
Long Island Compromise
Taffy Brodess­er-Akn­er
Essay

Declas­si­fied: The Women Using Math to Fight Back Dur­ing WWII

Cam­bria Gordon
June 24, 2024
Interview—From the Journal

Acad­e­mia and Israeli Expats: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Maya Arad

Ranen Omer-Sher­man
March 18, 2024
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Sub­cul­ture Vul­ture: A Mem­oir in Six Scenes
Moshe Kash­er
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Gang­sters Don’t Die
Tod Gold­berg
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Non­fic­tion
Out­side Voic­es: A Mem­oir of the Berke­ley Revolution
Joan Gelfand
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Fic­tion
Siz­zle Reel
Car­lyn Greenwald
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The Last Songbird
Daniel Weiz­mann
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Death Val­ley
Melis­sa Broder
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The Dis­card­ed Life
Adam Kirsch
Essay

The World Is End­ing in Every Generation

Nao­mi Krupitsky
November 5, 2021
Essay

‘Hide the Jew’: Hol­ly­wood, Assim­i­la­tion, and the Mankiewicz Brothers

Nick Davis
October 11, 2021
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Non­fic­tion
This Is Not My Memoir
André Gregory, Todd London
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