Greece

Dispatch from the Lifejacket Graveyard near Eftalou Beach in Lesvos Greece

Posted on May 22, 2017May 30, 2017 by Jenn Lindsay

There is a “lifejacket graveyard” on the island of Lesvos in Greece, where Syrian and Afghani refugees flee from wars, departing from the Turkish shores 4 kilometers away. This is where ad... Read More

The Dangers of Nostalgia

Posted on June 20, 2014June 20, 2014 by Elise Alexander

Earlier this year, I went to a talk at Boston University with Iraqi translator and writer Sinan Antoon on the topic “Translation and the Work of Mourning.” While his remarks as a whole w... Read More

Evil Rising From Where We Tried to Bury It

Posted on September 3, 2012April 2, 2014 by Ted Dedon

In 1945, as Allied forces were closing in on him, Adolf Hitler took his own life. His death seemed to symbolize the end of the Nazi Empire. In recent times, there appears to be a Rise of the Evil Hi... Read More