This Date in UCSF History: The Politics of History

[Originally published on September 21, 1995.] Among the books that have influenced my thinking are A Handmaid’s Tale and 1984. They both model the future and warn us to be vigilant about how our world could evolve.

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Hannah the Ghost

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as we made to leave the bagelry

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Cartoon of hammer descending on a person.

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gutenburg discontinuity

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the sky smokes a cigarette, exhales an enormous ring into our museum.

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Speaking in Tongues

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The Third Wheel

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Once I Climbed a Hill

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Once I climbed a hill And looked down with triumph at what I had done. I saw sands stretched long...

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Terrible Things

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I never knew you before the coma, Before bacteria seeded your brain.

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Saffron, Saint of Spices: UCSF Library Artist in Residence Pantea Karimi

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Dylan Romero

The UCSF Library Artist in Residence program promotes health humanities by exposing and re-purposing historical materials preserved in the Archives...

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This Date in UCSF History: The Politics of History

Hannah the Ghost

as we made to leave the bagelry

The hammer (an epilogue to the impostor)

gutenburg discontinuity

Speaking in Tongues

The Third Wheel

Once I Climbed a Hill

Terrible Things

Saffron, Saint of Spices: UCSF Library Artist in Residence Pantea Karimi

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