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Dear Reader
Leslie Griffy, 5 Sep 2019
2 min read

Dear Reader

Huda Al-Marashi ’98’s new book tells the story of her marriage putting culture and family—Muslim Americans—front and center.

This Land Is There Land
Lauren Loftus, 6 Mar 2019
3 min read
This Land Is There Land

Tommy Orange’s There There is SCU’s Winter 2018 Book of the Quarter—a novel at once a furious rebuke and a soothing affirmation of the modern Native American experience.

Ball or Strike?
Giannina Ong ’18, 27 Mar 2018
< 1 min read
Ball or Strike?

Or, when you’re standing behind the plate, what can sports teach us about ethics?