Photo by Li Lin on Unsplash Best of the Storytelling Contest Encounterings Lately — and maybe always — I am bewitched by translation and etymology. Both imperfect, curious, spiraling. In their mouths, any word becomes an hour, and every hour spent coaxing: lost, incongruous, evolving meanings into being. October 31, 2023 Nina DjukicSchool of Medicine Opinion
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