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Kevin Blankinship

Kevin Blankinship

Kevin Blankinship is an assistant professor of Arabic at Brigham Young University. His essays and poetry have appeared in The Atlantic, Los Angeles Review of Books, Times Literary Supplement, The Millions, Gingerbread House, Blue Unicorn, and more. icon

Surviving Hard Times with al-Hariri

By Kevin Blankinship

Forget traditional “heroes.” The protagonists of some centuries-old stories are social climbers and tricksters, even cheats and cowards.

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