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Kristin Girten

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Associate Professor of English, University of Nebraska Omaha

Nothing demonstrates our reliance on each other like a highly contagious disease. Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

May 10, 2021

COVID‑19 upended Americans’ sense of individualism and invited us to embrace interconnectedness – an idea from Greek philosopher Epicurus

Kristin Girten, University of Nebraska Omaha

A British literature scholar explains how philosopher John Locke’s theory of selfhood will not help the pandemic recovery, if individuals fail to see themselves as interconnected.

Beverly Cleary’s beloved characters, including Ramona Quimby and Henry Huggins, have enthralled readers for decades. AP Photo/Anthony McCartney

April 8, 2021

Beverly Cleary refused to teach kids how to be good – and generations of young readers fell in love with her rebel Ramona

Kristin Girten, University of Nebraska Omaha

Beverly Cleary once said that her fans love Ramona ‘because she does not learn to be a better girl.’

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