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Fine: In defense of long novels

Fine: In defense of long novels

November 18, 2020

The late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is quoted as saying that if her opinion runs more than 20 pages, she was disturbed that she was unable to do it shorter. Dr. Seuss composed “A Short Condensed Poem...

Hiredesai: Russian Literature and Medicine

Hiredesai: Russian Literature and Medicine

November 11, 2020

In the opening lecture of my Introduction to Russian Literature class, Professor Gary Saul Morson declared the texts were unique in the authors’ quest to get at the very heart of our existence. Great...

Fine: How Russian literature helped me understand sexism in McCormick

January 7, 2020

I’ve never been directly confronted and told that I should not be studying engineering because of my gender. There was no big, dramatic incident of sexism that caused me to begin to feel unwelcome in...

Patni: There’s more to your NU education than your classes

Patni: There’s more to your NU education than your classes

October 12, 2015

I have never woken up on a Sunday morning and thought back fondly to the classes I took freshman year. I’ve remembered Wildcat Welcome, the friends I made and the first frat party I went to. But is it...

Petkov: Put Anton Chekhov on your reading list

Petkov: Put Anton Chekhov on your reading list

May 12, 2014

When the name Anton Chekhov comes up in conversation, most people immediately think of one of his best-known plays, "The Cherry Orchard." Yet, my favorite part of Chekhov's work is the considerable amount...

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