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Cats, Unexpected Consequences, Derailments
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Indra Levy

Levy explores the ways that unintended and unexpected derailments can produce humor and hope in Meiji era literature.

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How Cervantes Made His Characters Seem Real
By
William Egginton

His novel contribution to fiction derives from a fascination with how characters perceive and misperceive situations.

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How Cervantes Made His Characters Seem Real
By
William Egginton
His novel contribution to fiction derives from a fascination with how characters perceive and misperceive situations.
Frank O'Hara Goes off the Syllabus, into the Lunch Room
By
Claire Seiler
Here’s a genre in which I haven't written for some time: the lab report (thank you, biologycorner.com, for the template).
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