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About Me — Rebecca Ruth Gould

“Pessimism of the Will & Optimism of the Intellect” (Antonio Gramsci) Hello! Welcome to this short summary of myself. I define myself as a writer, reader, translator, teacher, lover of staying up late at night, of wandering through cities and watching the stars, coffee, documentary films, medieval ruins, and poetry…

About Me

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About Me — Rebecca Ruth Gould
About Me — Rebecca Ruth Gould
About Me

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Published in Lessons from History

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Jim Crow in the USSR

How Langston Hughes saw the Soviet Union and how it changed my life — We are all colonized.— marginalia in a library copy of Dominance Without Hegemony by Ranajit Guha, Indian historian The reader of Langston Hughes’s writings on the Soviet experiment is bound to be confused. In the 1930s, during the peak of Stalinist repression, Hughes produced volumes praising the Soviet Union, particularly…

History

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Jim Crow in the USSR
Jim Crow in the USSR
History

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Published in After The Storm

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Palestine is a Litmus Test of Our Capacity to Change the World

The meaning of solidarity with Palestine — The world’s attention has been transfixed by Israel’s most recent attack on Gaza. Palestinian voices and narratives have begun to filter through the mainstream American media channels that have suppressed their voices for decades. When the Israeli military bombed al-Jalaa Tower, which housed the Associated Press and Al Jazeera offices…

Palestine

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Palestine is a Litmus Test of Our Capacity to Change the World
Palestine is a Litmus Test of Our Capacity to Change the World
Palestine

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Published in ILLUMINATION

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Nafs, a Short Story Set in Budapest

She wanted to make love to books, with her hands — When she was awarded a year-long fellowship in Budapest, Sarah Wallace was given the opportunity to invite anyone she wanted, anywhere in the world, to visit her during her stay in Hungary. She invited a famous scholar whose book she adored, and he declined. And then she remembered Yasin, the…

Fiction

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Nafs, a Short Story Set in Budapest
Nafs, a Short Story Set in Budapest
Fiction

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Published in The Writing Cooperative

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3 Literary Agent Horror Stories

What you can learn from the injustices done to other writers — Having a literary agent is the dream of many writers. Countless blog posts, forums, and writers’ handbooks begin with the question: How do you get a literary agent? …

Writing

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3 Literary Agent Horror Stories
3 Literary Agent Horror Stories
Writing

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Published in Geek Culture

·Apr 20, 2022

Iran’s Crypto Mining Surge

How cryptocurrency helps Iranians evade sanctions At a time when millions of Iranian lives relied on Covid-19 vaccines being consistently refrigerated, the summer of 2021 was marked by frequent, dangerous power outages. Power cuts are hardly unusual in Iran, but these were caused by a new phenomenon. …

Money

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Iran’s Crypto Mining Surge
Iran’s Crypto Mining Surge
Money

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Published in Amateur Book Reviews

·Mar 22, 2022

Being Bilingual as a Way of Life

Achy Obejas’ new collection expands our sensibilities — “I and I alone spoke up and cried for insurrection and change,” says the speaker in “Boomerang, After Aimé Césaire,” the opening poem of Boomerang/Bumerán, a bilingual collection by Achy Obejas, published in 2021. In this book, the boomerang functions as both a thematic and formal motif. Several poems bear…

Poetry

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Being Bilingual as a Way of Life
Being Bilingual as a Way of Life
Poetry

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Published in From the Library

·Feb 1, 2022

Ever Since I Did Not Die

A journey in verse from Syria to Germany — Syrian Palestinian writer Ramy Al-Asheq opens this new collection with the declaration “I have no head, no name, no identity. I gathered these pieces while fully believing that reality needs me to be a writer more than a poet.” Written as a series of prose vignettes, Ever Since I Did…

Poetry

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Ever Since I Did Not Die
Ever Since I Did Not Die
Poetry

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Published in After The Storm

·Nov 30, 2021

Poetry as Political Possibility

Palestinian poet Mohammed El-Kurd distils lessons from injustice — Born in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem, Palestinian poet Mohammed El-Kurd achieved international fame amid this year’s Israeli assault on Gaza and East Jerusalem. …

Poetry

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Poetry as Political Possibility
Poetry as Political Possibility
Poetry

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Published in From the Library

·Nov 29, 2021

As Long as Trees Take Root

Poems by Congolese poet Alain Mabanckou As Long as Trees Take Root in the Earth is the first English-language release of poems by Congolese Francophone poet Alain Mabanckou. The volume includes two collections by the Congolese poet as well as an essay, entitled, essay “An Open Letter to Those Who…

Africa

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As Long as Trees Take Root
As Long as Trees Take Root
Africa

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Rebecca Ruth Gould

Rebecca Ruth Gould

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Poetry, politics, author’s rights, the Caucasus, Iran, Palestine. Writer. Educator. rrgould.hcommons.org. Support my work ☕ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/rrgould

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