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Stephen Phelan

Stephen Phelan’s work has appeared in The Guardian, The Sydney Morning Herald, and The Believer

Articles

Why don't we make movies about nuclear war anymore? 

Stephen Phelan

His novels might be read as a fictive analogue to Howard Zinn’s People’s History of the United States: a polyphonic chronicle of the betrayal of his country’s original promise.

Stephen Phelan

Spain struggles to honor the legacy of Cervantes.

Stephen Phelan
Overnight, the hopeful, broad-based, grassroots independence movement gave rise to the righteous wronged.
Stephen Phelan

Scotland’s independence referendum is a contest between the head and the heart, between love and money.

Stephen Phelan

Shigeru Ban's humanitarianism is unquestioned, but are his designs too humble to warrant architecture's most coveted prize?

Stephen Phelan

Before In Cold Blood, there was Operation Massacre.

Stephen Phelan

Did Pinochet's goons murder Pablo Neruda? There was only one way to find out.

Stephen Phelan

Onagawa: a place in the modern world that had suddenly passed from existence. Remembering Japan’s tsunami.

Stephen Phelan

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