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Earlier this week, radio station WBUR presented an audio essay on the fuzzy origins of Chinese pie. The story included interviews with several notable French-Canadian historians and cultural observers from around New England including our own Paul Marion. A link to the audio of the piece plus a full transcript…
Read More »The United States team lost to the Netherlands yesterday at the start of the “knockout” round. At least the Americans made it into that group. They did so by defeating a tough team from Iran on Tuesday afternoon by a score of 1 to 0. The Americans dominated the start…
Read More »You Don’t Belong Here: How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War by Elizabeth Becker Review by Richard Howe In the final chapter of her excellent book, You Don’t Belong Here, Elizabeth Becker writes that in 2015 she traveled to Cambodia to testify in war crime trials for some surviving…
Read More »Boarding School Blues: Chapter 48 By Louise Peloquin Ch. 48 “Venez, venez, venez!” The two days after the honor roll unveiling seemed endless. Singing Christmas carols became the sole focus in class. Blanche and her friends no longer bothered to twist the lyrics. Every rubber-boot step on the crunchy snow…
Read More »The Guitar By Gregory F. DeLaurier Prologue The Takamine Guitar company was founded in Japan in 1959. While it manufactures a range of guitars, it is best known for its acoustic models, many with a built-in pick-up preamplifier, so you can just plug it in an amp. The price range…
Read More »One of my hobbies is following pop culture. Note that I said “following” instead of “consuming” because when it comes to things like video games, I’d rather read about them than play them. Previously, the World Cup soccer tournament, held every four years, fell into the “read about” category but…
Read More »Thanksgiving came late in 1922. It was observed on Thursday, November 30. Still, the weather was unseasonably warm which would allow many to use their relatively new automobiles to visit distant family and friends. Just ten years earlier, automobiles were very rare and possessed only by the very wealthy,…
Read More »Thinking About Thanksgiving High School Football By Mike McCormick Mike McCormick of Alaska by way of Haverhill and Haverhill High School, has some observations on this year’s Haverhill High hazing incident and the subsequent cancellation of the school’s Thanksgiving Day football game against Lowell High. Thursday, November 17, 2022…
Read More »The Succotash* Statement By David Daniel The Washateria’s door is propped open to the mild November dark and I’m sitting in a plastic chair, reading Dostoevsky’s “Notes from Underground.” After midnight on a Wednesday, I’ve found, is a good time to do laundry. The place is two blocks from campus…
Read More »Review of Atlantic Currents II: Connecting Cork and Lowell Reviewed by Richard Howe My affection for Ireland is grounded in history, culture, and genetics, however, I’ve not yet visited the country. When I finally do, I’ll be sure to visit a pub. My impression from afar is of the pub…
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