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Roberta Silman

Roberta Silman is the author of the story collection Blood Relations and of three novels, Boundaries, The Dream Dredger, and Beginning the World Again. She writes regularly for the online magazine The Arts Fuse.

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The Swiveling Light of Truth

Remembering Grace Paley and her wise, fierce, funny, sad, innovative short stories

by Roberta Silman | Monday, September 01, 2008
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Without Wendy

by Roberta Silman | Sunday, March 01, 2009
The Sugar Road

The Sugar Road

George has never spoken a word. He's not like other boys. What risk is there in trying to unlock the secrets of his silence?

by Roberta Silman | Monday, March 25, 2013

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2nd Look

Where Does American History Begin?

by Ted Widmer

In honor of the Fourth of July, we’re revisiting Ted Widmer’s 2008 piece “Where Does American History Begin?” For many, the obvious answer is in 1776 Philadelphia, with the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Others might argue that hints of modern America emerged in the Jamestown and Plymouth settlements. But America’s true beginnings, Widmer writes, go back much further.

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