Marina Manoukian
School
Sarah Lawrence College, Freie Universität Berlin
Expertise
Historical Injustice, Literature, Diseases
- After writing about the history of the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus for Grunge, the SFGCM reposted her article on their website.
- Her review of Mimi Lok's "Last of Her Name" was featured in Full Stop Review's 2019 Reviews Supplement
- The first time she read "War and Peace" she finished it in under 15 hours. Since then she has been working on reading every English translation.
Experience
Marina has been writing for over a decade, and her works range from prose poetry to non-fiction historical essays. She has written for websites like The Baffler and Literary Hub in addition to being a regular writer for Pussy Magic. Full Stop Review and Arts Fuse have also published her book reviews. She is working on a poetry collection.
Education
Marina has studied literature, philosophy, creative writing, and philology in her years in academia, and she is constantly working to synthesize information from a variety of viewpoints. She has a Masters degree in English Philology.
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Stories By Marina Manoukian
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The Freedmen's Bureau was given an unbelievably hard task after the American Civil War ended. Here's the complicated history of the Freedmen's Bureau explained.
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The Church Rock uranium mill spill released even more radioactive material than Three Mile Island. This is the worst nuclear disaster in U.S. history explained.
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Huge penalties are used to send a message to the pharmaceutical industry. These are the largest pharmaceutical settlements in U.S. history.
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Between August of 2020 and December of 2021, Indian farmers rose up against three laws passed by PM Modi's government collectively known as the Farm Laws.
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When did people start trying to patch up their bodies with the body parts of animals? This is the history of animal-to-human organ transplants explained.
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The Great Kantō earthquake that rocked Japan in 1923 caused widespread death and devastation. The tragedy was made worse by the massacres that followed.
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What exactly caused the First Oil Crisis and how did it have such an expansive impact? Here's what really happened during the 1973 oil crisis.
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Even when an earthquake isn't topping the Richter scale, it can still do an incredible amount of damage. These are the most devastating earthquakes of all time.
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The events of the 1928 London flood remain, as of 2022, unmatched. Here's what really happened when London flooded in 1928.
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You'd think that the inventor of Bitcoin would be well-known, but that person's identity remains a secret. This is the mystery behind Bitcoin explained.
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Extinction is normal, but mass extinction events are notable for their huge reduction of biodiversity. This is every mass extinction event explained.
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The massacre at Batang Kali committed by British troops soon became known as Britain's Mỹ Lai. This is the history of Britain's Mỹ Lai explained.
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In London, three young men were found dead in the same area and police decided that it wasn't suspicious. This is the untold truth of the Grindr Killer.
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The chicken may or may not have come before the egg. There's no question, however, that pedestrians predate automobile drivers. That's important to remember.
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King Umberto of Italy was assassinated in 1900, though it wasn't as surprising as it might sound. This is what led to King Umberto's assassination.
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Many of us cheer when an oppressed group rises up to speak truth to power. The women of Nigeria not only spoke; they acted, with long-term results.
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Chiquita Brands, formerly the United Fruit Company, has an incredibly sordid history. Its involvement in the 1928 Banana Massacre is essentially unknown.
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During the Cold War, there was meddling by the CIA, NATO, and MI6 in order to suppress communism. This is Operation Gladio: The CIA's secret army in Europe.
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While it's not comparable to a biblical plague of locusts, the use of insects in war can be equally devastating. This is the untold history of insect warfare.
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The people of the Chagos Archipelago in the central Indian Ocean have been evicted. This is the real reason the U.S. expelled the Chagossians from their island.
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Within the history of the American labor movement, it's difficult to find workers who never went on strike, and graveyard workers are no different.
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The rights of workers have often been the subject of contention, even violence. Case in point: representation for California agricultural workers in the 1970s.
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It's worth looking back to see what really happens in a factory town. This is the Colorado Coalfield War: the bloodiest labor dispute in U.S. history.
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Taxidermy has a strange history, and while it's no longer as popular as it was, some people are trying to resurrect it. This is the untold truth of taxidermy.
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As far as power couples go, the 19th century would've been a drastically different time in the United States had it not been for Lucy and Albert Parsons.
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Many of us have experienced tough economic times -- not quite enough money to go around. But what if a country actually ran out of actual currency? Like coins?
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The Bengal famine of 1943 wasn't the first induced in India by the British, but it was the last. This is the tragic story of when the British starved Bengal.