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Cathy Otten

Cathy Otten is a journalist based in Iraqi Kurdistan. She reports on the war with ISIS and is the author of a forthcoming book, With Ash on Their Faces: Yazidi Women and the Islamic State.

A Legacy in Ruins

A Legacy in Ruins

What now for Iraq’s Mosul Museum, recently liberated from ISIS?

by Cathy Otten | Monday, June 05, 2017
Letter from Sinjar: Convert or Die

Letter from Sinjar: Convert or Die

A city ravaged by ISIS is littered with explosives and mass graves

by Cathy Otten | Monday, February 29, 2016

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Finding Your Voice

by Larry Woiwode

The novelist and short-story writer Larry Woiwode, whose 1975 book Beyond the Bedroom Wall was one of the most acclaimed works of fiction of the era, died recently in North Dakota. He lived in the state for nearly 45 years, writing and working on his organic farm. He also served, for many years, as the poet laureate of North Dakota. In our Summer 2019 issue, Woiwode remembered his development as a writer—and how he ultimately came to find his voice.

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