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How good and agreeable is it, when brothers live in one house, and how much more father and son
Peace to my beloved, dear and darling son, whose soul is bound to my soul, the intimate friend, the…
Contributor:
Eliezer Morawczyk
Places:
Tymbarg, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Tymbark, Poland)
Date:
1588
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As if you could draw a line and say: below this there’s poverty.
Here’s the bread that turned black in the colorations
Of cheap makeup
And the olives in their little plate
Atop the cloth over the…
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Ronny Someck
Places:
Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1996
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I was born on Saturday, 7 March 1936, towards nine in the evening, in a maternity clinic located at 19 Rue de l’Atlas, in the xixth arrondissement of Paris. My father, I believe, was the one who…
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Georges Perec
Places:
Paris, France
Date:
1975
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Bread
Very early in the morning we went to pick up fresh bread at Doña Blanquita’s. However, before arriving at her house that resembled the generosity of her hands and clay ovens, we had to cross a…
Contributor:
Marjorie Agosín
Places:
Santiago, Chile
(Wellesley, United States of America)
Date:
1995
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The smell of fishink tships followed us down the stairs. Although we were all thinking about food, no one mentioned it but Brokheh. Did she let loose with a mouthful! She hoped to God, she said, that…
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Sholem Aleichem
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
1916
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In the past few years, I have become increasingly interested in Sendak’s work, reading his books for my own pleasure as well as for the amusement of my…
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Maurice Sendak
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
1966
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“When I get papa out of jail, we’ll join you. We’ll meet at Strasbourg, don’t worry,” Mama said.
When Alex heard about the entire matter, he said: “No, I don’t want to go. I want Mama.”
Alex was very…
Contributor:
Ruth Almog
Places:
New York City, United States of America
(Bnei Brak, Israel)
Date:
1999