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Basil Bob & Me

A Reflection on the Physical and Spiritual Connections Between the Human and the Botanical

5 min readJan 17, 2024

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Basil Bob & Me

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Hana Liebman

Does Anyone Get Through “War and Peace”?

According to the spy comedy Get Smart, no one does — even when armed with a sword. But is Leo Tolstoy’s masterpiece really as impenetrable…

8 min readDec 11, 2023

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Does Anyone Get Through “War and Peace”?

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Hana Liebman

My TED Talk: How the Humanities Make Us Human

The following essay is one I wrote in 2017; after making a few edits, I share it now.

4 min readNov 1, 2023

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My TED Talk: How the Humanities Make Us Human

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Hana Liebman

“Pride and Prejudice”: Jane Austen’s Vision of Reformed Gentility and Loving Matrimony

The following essay is one I have written for a recent graduate class. Though much longer and more formal than the previous pieces I have…

27 min readFeb 28, 2023

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“Pride and Prejudice”: Jane Austen’s Vision of Reformed Gentility and Loving Matrimony

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Hana Liebman

“Alias Grace”: A Question of Trauma, Agency, and Culpability

Having sampled Margaret Atwood’s dark and dystopian taste in The Handmaid’s Tale, I should have been prepared for the violence and…

9 min readJun 28, 2021

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“Alias Grace”: A Question of Trauma, Agency, and Culpability

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Books Are Our Superpower

“The Marriage of Opposites”: Alice Hoffman’s Dazzling Novel of Love and Loss, Ambition and Art

When I first picked up Alice Hoffman’s The Marriage of Opposites, I assumed the title referred to the reluctant union of the primary…

6 min readApr 12, 2021

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“The Marriage of Opposites”: Alice Hoffman’s Dazzling Novel of Love and Loss, Ambition and Art

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Curious

Daenerys Targaryen: A Helen of Troy, Queen Cleopatra… and Bloody Mary?

The question is: who will she become?

6 min readFeb 23, 2021

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Daenerys Targaryen: A Helen of Troy, Queen Cleopatra… and Bloody Mary?

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Curious

The Tangled Web of Love, Marriage, and Morality in “Anna Karenina”

Though the book is named for her, fifty pages pass before Anna Karenina makes her first appearance. Within those opening pages, we are…

12 min readSep 28, 2020

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The Tangled Web of Love, Marriage, and Morality in “Anna Karenina”

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Hana Liebman

Lust Versus Love: Marriage and Agency in “Far from the Madding Crowd”

Bathsheba Everdene, Far from the Madding Crowd’s tragically beautiful heroine, is the figure around whom revolves the passions and…

6 min readSep 10, 2020

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Lust Versus Love: Marriage and Agency in “Far from the Madding Crowd”

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Hana Liebman

“Recalled to Life”: Christian Heroism and Rebirth in “A Tale of Two Cities”

In the beginning of A Tale of Two Cities, the white-haired prisoner, Dr. Manette, is recalled to life and returns to a fulfilling earthly…

6 min readSep 7, 2020

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“Recalled to Life”: Christian Heroism and Rebirth in “A Tale of Two Cities”

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Hana Liebman

Hana Liebman

English master’s grad. Lover of novels that inspire us to reflect, empathize, and create. In perpetual search of another great book and the perfect cup of chai.

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