Traditional narratives obscure the role slavery might have played in Texas’ drive for independence and portray the Alamo’s defenders as freedom fighters.
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Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
The narratives have started to run rampant leading up to the conclusion of the MLB season, and especially with the Dodgers' league-leading payroll and murmurs of an MLB lockout in 2027, one that has begun gaining traction, is that the Dodgers are Goliath and the Blue Jays are David.
That was a time, like this one, when Juventus were making mistakes in the pursuit of getting back to the top, even with legends like Gigi Buffon and Alex Del Piero in the team, and the likes of Chiellini and Claudio Marchisio beginning to emerge.
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James Horncastle,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
As a result, many legends are connected to its violent past, and its dungeon, in particular, is said to be haunted by tortured souls.
Seamus Heaney’s sonnets about Northern Ireland in the 1970s and Annie Ernaux’s memoirs of France in the 1960s propose indirect but approachable ways of engaging with personal and national history.
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Walt Hunter,
The Atlantic,
9 Oct. 2025
The captive—and Cervantes—found something moving in those sonnets, something that gave them the will to hope.
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Ed Simon
September 22,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
The 70-year-old star has always swung for the fences — often literally, in pastoral baseball idylls like Bull Durham and Field of Dreams — with bold, risky choices.
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