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Nina Sankovitch

Exploring the past to understand the present.

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  • Five Novels to Read about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

    Five Novels to Read about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

    There is no way to absorb or understand — and never, ever to accept — the Hamas attack on Israel last week and equally difficult to…
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    Nina Sankovitch
    Oct 16
    The Death of Mahsa Amini and the Liberties We Cannot Take for Granted: Fighting for Justice in Iran…

    The Death of Mahsa Amini and the Liberties We Cannot Take for Grant...

    Every week, I receive dozens of messages from Iranians sharing their love of books and of reading with me. My book Tolstoy and the Purple…
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    Nina Sankovitch
    Oct 1, 2022
    Loving Mysteries/Writing Histories

    Loving Mysteries/Writing Histories

    I love to read mysteries. I used to think of mysteries as the book equivalent of candy corn, my special treat which gave me a rush but not…
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    Nina Sankovitch
    Nov 21, 2021
    The Founders Abhorred a Mob

    The Founders Abhorred a Mob

    The American Revolution was not brought about by a mob. In fact, in the eleven years leading up to the Declaration of Independence…
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    Nina Sankovitch
    Jan 11, 2021
    Partisan Courts and the American Dream of Justice

    Partisan Courts and the American Dream of Justice

    The fight for independence in the 1770s was in large part motivated by the colonists’ disgust with how the King and Parliament sought to…
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    Nina Sankovitch
    Oct 12, 2020
    Failures and Reparations: Slavery and the American Revolution

    Failures and Reparations: Slavery and the American Revolution

    Yes, the Founding Fathers caved on slavery. The concession to certain southern colonies on the issue of slavery was made primarily to keep…
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    Nina Sankovitch
    Jul 29, 2020
    The American Revolutionaries Would Be Marching Now

    The American Revolutionaries Would Be Marching Now

    On February 22, 1770, Christopher Seider, an eleven-year old boy, was shot and killed on the streets of Boston by Ebenezer Richardson, a…
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    Nina Sankovitch
    Jun 9, 2020
    The Tyranny of False Patriots and Lessons of Historical Ones

    The Tyranny of False Patriots and Lessons of Historical Ones

    Americans carrying assault weapons into public spaces, whether it is to intimidate or “to protect,” are not patriots. Armed to the teeth…
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    Nina Sankovitch
    May 17, 2020
    American Rebels: Answering Questions Raised by Long-Ago Historians

    American Rebels: Answering Questions Raised by Long-Ago Historians

    Three years ago, while browsing through the collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, I came across a captivating book by a man…
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    Nina Sankovitch
    Apr 8, 2020
    Learning from the Emigrants

    Learning from the Emigrants

    My favorite work by the great writer W.G. Sebald is The Emigrants. In this enthralling novel, Sebald presents the stories of four men, all…
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    Nina Sankovitch
    Mar 30, 2020
    Fighting Illness and the British in Colonial Boston

    Fighting Illness and the British in Colonial Boston

    In December of 1774, Edmund Quincy, merchant and justice of the peace in Boston, wrote to his daughter Katy (sister to Dorothy and future…
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    Nina Sankovitch
    Mar 16, 2020
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