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Edward Hower

Edward Hower  has published eight novels. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times, Smithsonian, Southern Review, Epoch, and elsewhere.

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by Edward Hower | Monday, December 03, 2018
The Witch Temple of Mehandipur

The Witch Temple of Mehandipur

To an Indian town the possessed come in droves, their families desperate to be rid of the evil that curses them

by Edward Hower | Wednesday, November 30, 2011
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THIS WEEK’S ARCHIVE PICK

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What Does Columbus Day Really Mean?

by William J. Connell

Whether you celebrate Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Discoverers’ Day, or Native Americans’ Day, historian William J. Connell observes that, in the end, this controversial civic holiday is just that: a holiday. In his essay “What Columbus Day Really Means,” Connell writes that President Benjamin Harrison created the holiday in 1892 to honor both Native Americans and the many immigrants who were only then arriving in the country. “It was to be a national holiday that was not about the Founding Fathers or the Civil War, but about the rest of American history,” Connell writes—a day for celebrating the country and all its people. Sounds to us like a pretty good reason to take the day off of work.