Archive - The Courage Review

How long could you go without eating?

We’ve all heard about hunger strikes, but if the cause was great enough would we do one?

Jul 22 • The Courage Review

June 2026

Chiune Sugihara — Kaunas, Lithuania, 1940

Jun 12

How to ruin a political career in fifteen minutes.

Jun 1

January 2024

The Soldier Who Wasn’t

Deborah Sampson — Continental Army, 1782-1783

Jan 2, 2024

June 0002

"The Secret Sharer" by Joseph Conrad

THE SECRET SHARER

Jun 16, 0002 • The Courage Review

What is The Courage Library

The Courage Library is a permanent collection within The Courage Review devoted to preserving stories of courage across time, place, and circumstance.

Jun 16, 0002 • The Courage Review

“THE TRIMMED LAMP” by O Henry

The Trimmed Lamp was written by the American short story writer O. Henry (the pen name of William Sydney Porter). It was first published in 1907.

Jun 16, 0002 • The Courage Review

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