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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…
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Marjorie Agosín
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Wellesley, United States of America
Date:
1995
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Martha Jadassohn had come with her parents from a small West Poznanian town, named either Bobst or Meseritz, to Berlin where her father’s only sister, a widow, was living alone…
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Gertrud Kolmar
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Berlin, Weimar Republic (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1931
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[ . . . ] The Portuguese king, eager to find some logical excuse to vex me, called for an investigation to see if the number…
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Samuel Usque
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Ferrara, Duchy of Ferrara (Ferrara, Italy)
Date:
1553
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Aunt Feiga is making jam today. She has to hurry. The raspberry season will soon be over. So Aunt Feiga is all in a swivet; she has bought a huge bowl of raspberries and fifteen pounds of sugar and is…
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Zalman Shneour
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Paris, France
Date:
1929
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Every night I kneel down by the window and look at a bright star that just might be my guardian angel. Then I recite “Our Father” to God and say a “Hail Mary” for the Virgin. I hope that…
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Rosa Nissán
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Mexico City, Mexico
Date:
1992
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It is possible, it is very possible, that here it is impossible to live, but here we must remain, here we must die, sleep…there is no other place…—Y. H. Brenner
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Gershon Shaked
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Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1983
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The Photo League was notable for the large number of women who participated in it; about one-third of its members were women. Vivian Cherry’s work was influential in shaping the style and iconography…
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Vivian Cherry
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1948