Shaun Randol

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Shaun Randol is the founder and editor of The Mantle. He is also co-editor of "Gambit: Newer African Writing", an Associate Fellow at the World Policy Institute in New York City, and a member...

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An Improbable ‘Fraternity’

Shaun Randol / Truthdig Mar 30, 2013 How did a pioneering group of students that included future Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas get into College of the Holy Cross, and how did they become leaders in American sports, culture, law and business? Author Diane Brady discusses what attracted her to their story. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

‘Reality’ Revisited

Shaun Randol / Truthdig Feb 25, 2011 Because society has moved into new realms of storytelling, traditional conventions, especially the standard, Victorian formula of the novel, are passé, David Shields argues in "Reality Hunger." The contours of fact and fiction are now blurred, so why can't the novel—or the biography, for that matter—be just as mixed up and piecemeal?The head-spinning feeling of vertigo that comes with being unsure of what is real and what is not is the essence of David Shields' "Reality Hunger: A Manifesto." Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )