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At home they called her “dummy” and other names like that because she was always so quiet and still, never stirring when she was called. When she was nine years old, she went to school and began…
Contributor:
Celia Dropkin
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1935
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You will come back.
You will, with God’s help, come back
With a far-off, alien look.
(I’m preparing myself,
I already know,
I’ve seen how they come back.)
You will sit in your regular chair, unsure
A…
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Malka Heifetz Tussman
Places:
Los Angeles, United States of America
Date:
1944
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“Dearest Volodechka!” Mother shouted. “Happy birthday…! Happy new beginning…! Your father and I wish you a brilliant future…! Much success…! You’re a talented young man…! The economy’s improving…! We…
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Gary Shteyngart
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
2002
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And veins web her temples,
and my father pins on the orchid,
and my card names her the best mother.
But Alzheimer’s or arteriosclerosis (the end is the same)
praises him ad nauseum,
but accuses my…
Contributor:
Hugh Seidman
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
1992
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The calm outgoing of a long, rich day,
Checkered with storm and sunshine, gloom and light,
Now passing in pure, cloudless skies away,
Withdrawing into silence of blank night.
Thick shadows…
Contributor:
Emma Lazarus
Places:
New York City, United States of America
Date:
ca. 1875
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It was an afternoon in the middle of April when the accident occurred. The year was a leap year, rainy and warm, and on that summery spring day in the commune he had already been given the job of…
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Yosef Haim Brenner
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1920