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There is a certain place where dumb-waiters boom, doors slam, dishes crash; every window is a mother’s mouth bidding the street shut up, go skate somewhere else, come home. My voice is the loudest. […
Contributor:
Grace Paley
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1959
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She heard a sudden loud squeaking, so she raised her head. Seeing the cart she let out a happy shout: “A troupe!”
Her mother came out from the kitchen and looked through the window. “A fat lot of good…
Contributor:
Fradl Shtok
Places:
New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1918
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In the province of Mollive, there is an old woman who is known for her shtetl wisdom, her old sayings, and her folktales. I met her quite by chance. Her…
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A. Litvin, Sonya the Wise Woman (Sonya Naimark)
Places:
Russian Empire (Russia, Russia)
Date:
1917
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At the time of the shortest, sleepy winter days, edged on both sides with the furry dusk of mornings and evenings, when the city reached out ever deeper into the labyrinth of winter nights, and was…
Contributor:
Bruno Schulz
Places:
Drohobych, Second Polish Republic (Drohobych, Ukraine)
Date:
1934
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Dad Runs Away with the Circus was Etgar Keret's first children's book. It was illustrated by award-winning illustrator and comic book artist Rutu Modan. The two collaborated on several projects…
Contributor:
Etgar Keret, Rutu Modan
Places:
Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
2000