… based on the strange delusion that the United States has become, in the wake of Vietnam, a “pitiful, helpless giant,” … a larger struggle against an enemy called “communism,” but also in the sense that our response to both conflicts rests … World: from Chiang to Batista, from Somoza to Rhee, from Diem to the Shah of Iran, from Lon Nol to Duvalier, we …
… at Emerson College, and his work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Mississippi Review and The Agni Review . … of the Fujiwara clan, a family famous for producing soldiers. At the age of 23, however, he took Buddhist vows … matters should be addressed to The Managing Editor. Website: http://www.vqronline.org/ EDITORIAL OFFICES ONE …
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… Picking blackberries at night, the darkness that conceals the berries equally disguises the thorns. I froze … for February—the most difficult month—when I am often overcome with an unmoving restlessness. “I wish I knew more … Like my patients, Kathy M. Hagenbuch is a stranger. She died July 15 at age fifty-three, and has a husband and …
… soon after his death. Though they may not be needed to combat “the iniquity of oblivion,” they may prevent … deep, broad, and shrewd thinker.” Upon these two points Mr. Marrot has offered abundant and convincing … the average intelligent reader. Galsworthy need not be studied before he can be read. His symbolism, for instance, …
… “It is a vulgar calumny. I am the most ordinary, the most commonplace of men. It would be impossible for me to do an … his hour of need. Pity to the unfortunate prevailed over obedience to your edict; and had General Carmichael himself … by appointing him “ratcatcher” to the establishment, and also “fox-taker, foumart-killer, and crossbow-charger, at …
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… good guys and Papaw was the one we went up against. During commercials we’d try and guess what they’d do on TV. It was pretty … was a buddy, he got hisself killed. The woman hardly ever died. Papaw said that made me lucky to be a girl. I couldn’t …