Pub Date : 2024-03-01DOI: 10.1353/mar.2024.a922991
Adrian Blevins
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Pub Date : 2024-03-01DOI: 10.1353/mar.2024.a922967
Noam Keim
Abstract: An essay using the image, history, and cultural connections of the linden tree to examine its role within countries and historical events. The linden tree is considered the oldest tree in the world and has been witness to several of history's definitive moments. The author describes how different cultures have utilized the help of the linden trees through its natural properties. In juxtaposition, there is an examination on the impact of the empires on the lindens and the current livelihood these empires provide the narrator. The author also uses this collected history to examine their connection to the linden tree through personal anecdotes while living in Philadelphia.
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Pub Date : 2024-03-01DOI: 10.1353/mar.2024.a922961
Korey Hurni
Abstract: A sibling recounts the life of their brother who has passed away. They intertwine a hunting story told countlessly by the brother to examine their relationship and the world itself. The author uses various anecdotes around philosophy, history, and art in hopes of answering his questions and grappling with his familial tragedies.
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Pub Date : 2024-03-01DOI: 10.1353/mar.2024.a922963
S. Youssef
{"title":"English Autumn, and: Forbidden City, and: The Woman With a Walking Stick, and: Shatila","authors":"S. Youssef","doi":"10.1353/mar.2024.a922963","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/mar.2024.a922963","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":509222,"journal":{"name":"The Massachusetts Review","volume":"124 13","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140406951","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-03-01DOI: 10.1353/mar.2024.a922976
Abby Manzella
Abstract: This essay examines the author's experience of the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. Living in New York at the time, the author describes the preparations she undertook along with her husband to stay secure during and after the storm raged on. Due to the storm, the author lost power to her apartment, causing her and her husband to e-scavenge. E-scavenging is described as searching for charging ports and services in order to charge devices, connect to the internet, and receive phone calls and text messages. The author examines the emotional tolls that a disruption of this nature can bring, along with anxiety and fears. She recounts the changes in daily life; the lack of hustle and bustle that usually fill the streets of New York City. The author is voicing a need to look at the costs of Superstorm Sandy in terms of social and human costs rather than simply the monetary costs reported by New York's MTA and news media.
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