Citizenship | Literature
Select novels, short stories, and nonfiction on contemporary life.
Ben East’s nonfiction debut recounts how JFK’s bold experiment shaped diplomatic careers and influenced modern American diplomacy.
The figures highlighted here tracked looted antiquities after the invasion of Iraq, re-established diplomacy in Afghanistan after 9/11, and secured village infrastructure while war raged in Vietnam. As hostages in Iran, they maintained diplomatic discipline to bridge a volatile cultural divide. These are individuals of deep courage and conviction, whether integrating a southern U.S. high school or finding comfort in African village beliefs to cope with personal tragedy.
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“I love you,” says the princess. “I know,” replies the smuggler.
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Just that morning, without a visa, I’d talked my way across the border. A little patience, a little humility, small Kwacha, and Dunhill cigarettes solved the visa problem.
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I would visit corners of this strange land not unlike my hometown: unknown and invisible to the world, no place of pride on any map, unsung in the guide books. Places nobody came from and nobody went to. Corn farms. Tobacco farms.
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As I think of the potential substitutes, two women who bring Indian, African, and Jamaican descent into the picture, it occurs to me that American presidential campaigns have always been a sort of groundhog day event.
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All travel writing is essentially the same. The essence shifts away from plot and in favor of setting.
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Sometimes it feels like it’s all just slip-sliding-away.
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ode to snow
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“You get a big delight in every bite!”
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Sahil Jain, MA International Affairs, Class of 2018, #WeAreElliott Current Student Sahil Jain, a native of Northern California, began his time at the Department of State in the Office of Israeli-Palestinian Affairs. Subsequently, he joined USAID assisting with the launch of the Global Development Lab Bureau. He then returned to the Department of State, where…
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The White House has a lot of rooms and spaces named East.
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