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I Hotel

While there were many intense, larger than life moments throughout Karen Tei Yamashita’s novel I Hotel, the true weight of the battle fought by Asian Americans for the I-Hotel is found in the quieter moments. “I-Migrant” may not have as many of...

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Hamlet (2009 Film)

If one were to ask a random stranger a question about Shakespeare, their immediate association would likely be with a scene from Hamlet—either the first line of the title character’s famous soliloquy (III.1.64) or the image of him holding Yorrick’...

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The Pure and the Impure

Colette’s “The Pure and the Impure” is a novel that aims to be a kind of expose of French high society, along with the absurdity of societal expectations as well. Colette has a very poignant understanding of the human psyche and her views on sex...