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Missing the Fight on Christmas Day
As my time as an undergraduate drew to a close, I felt an overwhelming need to experience what I thought of as the real world. I exchanged Oxford’s ivory...
Fishing for Koi with an Afghan Veteran
Throwing my bags into the car, I waved my wife and children a hasty goodbye and then reversed out of the drive, automatically turning on the radio as I...
When the Radio Breaks
Signals: New and Collected Storiesby tim gautreauxknopf, 384 pages, $26.95 For many years Tim Gautreaux has written about fateful journeys. In this new collection, he writes about the signals...
The Troubling Legacy of Shūsaku Endō’s Silence
Shūsaku Endō’s Silence is now widely regarded as a modern classic. The initial reaction of Japanese Catholics, however, was largely hostile. The Bishop of Nagasaki ordered his flock not...