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Alexander B. Joy

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Alexander B. Joy is a recovering academic who holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

July 28, 2020

Four-Way Pocket Screwdriver

by Alexander B. Joy
June 24, 2020

Oedipus Rex or Mike Pence?

by Alexander B. Joy
April 23, 2020

Hamlet or an American Millennial?

by Alexander B. Joy

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