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andrew newman: captivity narratives and the handmaid’s tale, part 1

Allegories of Encounter Colonial Literacy and Indian Captivities by Andrew NewmanToday we welcome the first of guest post from Andrew Newman, author of Allegories of Encounter   Colonial Literacy and Indian Captivities, just published by UNC Press and Omohundro Institute of Early American History..

american extremism has always flowed from the border

A different kind of western writer, the novelist Cormac McCarthy, had a name for the place where the frontier meets the border. ... Passages from Cantú’s memoir echo Samuel Chamberlain’s My Confession (1950), the memoir of the author’s involvement with an infamous borderland gang..

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catholic-jewish relations: portentous anniversaries

As if by divine plan, they came to combine forces, thus providing the impetus for pushing through the groundbreaking “Nostra Aetate” document despite mounting hostility and boycotting efforts by both the ultra-conservative wing of Council Fathers (for theological anti-Judaic reasons) and the Arab..

lindsay lowe

Lindsay is writer and editor based in U.K. She has written for Parade's print and online editions, and she edited Personality page. ..

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king signs article 45 amendment paving way for opposition return,

Contact author: Niem Chheng . . MOST VIEWED . Chinese navy ships to dock in Sihanoukville Three Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (Plan) ships will spend four days at Sihanoukville Autonomous Port on an official visit from Wednesday to Saturday, Deputy Navy Commander Tea Sokha said on Sunday. ..

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