Book Review: Exploring the Lifelong Impact of Trauma
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When I reached the middle of Osamu Dazai’s novel ‘No Longer Human,’ I was struck by how much influence a person’s childhood can have on their identity as an adult. Yozo Oba, the protagonist, demonstrates that. From a young age, the author depicts Yozo as suffering from depression, a direct consequence of the sexual abuse […]
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Book Review: Spilling the Greasy Beans on Demon Copperhead
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Barbara Kingsolver dedicates her novel Demon Copperhead to survivors of the opioid crisis and foster care. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that the book is dedicated to someone like me: I am an Appalachian who was put in foster care due, in part, to my father’s opioid addiction. Reading the novel, I felt […]
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