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Furlough roundup: Book review at the Oxford American and patting ones own back at The Lens

Thanks for your patience, loyal readers. We know you’ve been lolling around in the heat wishing for some book and literary news to ease the tedium of summer–or, hopefully, you’ve been out frolicking and dancing and swimming and didn’t even notice we were gone–but, regardless, we’re back. Except that we’re going on another, shorter, furlough Furlough roundup: Book review at the Oxford American and patting ones own back at The Lens

I Can’t Discount the Factor of Helplessness: Andy Young’s New Book on Watching the Egyptian Revolution

By Nathan C. Martin Just as Room 220 was getting on its feet about a year ago, another breathtaking development of historical significance was taking place—the Egyptian revolution. One of the very first Room 220 posts was an interview I conducted with Andy Young and Khaled Hegazzi, co-editors of Meena Magazine, a bi-lingual literary journal I Can’t Discount the Factor of Helplessness: Andy Young’s New Book on Watching the Egyptian Revolution