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“I understand, I shouldn’t have done it”: David Diop “At Night All Blood Is Black”

While many books contains first lines that we forget the second we pass over it, others remain with us for years after we initially read the book. Ellen Foster telling us, “When I was little I would think of ways to kill my daddy. I would figure out this or that way and run it down through my head until it got easy,” rattles … Read More “I understand, I shouldn’t have done it”: David Diop “At Night All Blood Is Black”

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The Transmission of Virulent Ideologies: Part II

Last post, I wrote about the unease individuals feel when they study their own history and how they feel comfortable learning about this history of others because it removes their own actions from the equation. There, I focused on Zakir in Inzitar Husain’s Basti. Today, I want to continue that discussion; however, I want to shift it a little by looking at the ways that Yuasa Katsuei … Read More The Transmission of Virulent Ideologies: Part II