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Behind the Door
When Mercedes Eng was little her mother would surprise her by opening the door to reveal her father, home from jail.

By Mercedes Eng

Gestures
Faith Moosang rescues an abandoned photo album documenting the night life of wartime Saigon.

By Faith Moosang


Geist 110 Has Arrived!

What's inside?

Christopher Grabowski's photos of the Parade of Lost Souls.

Alberto Manguel on how airport security made him question his identity.

Reviews of books on mythology, women at war, and life's important questions.

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Forgetful Memory
Ann Diamond on the nature of memory and remembering lying on a table, surrounded by doctors discussing what they were about to do..

Interviewed by Ross Merriam

Mirror Mirror
Alberto Manguel asks, what do we mean by “being” ourselves? What are the identifying signs?

By Alberto Manguel



THIS WEEK IN REVIEW

With An Albanian Twist
Patty Osborne on Slow Twisting by Anonymous.
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Women at War
Michael Hayward on the newly translated The Unwomanly Face of War by Svetlana Alexievich. More »

Transpacific Trade, circa 1800
Anson Ching on Anna, Like Thunder by Peggy Herring.
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