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Like a sparse string of lights, scattered but connected
belonging to a strange and darkly snowy train station
that suddenly pops up among the winter fields,
forgotten somewhere between New York and…
Contributor:
Shimon Ginsburg
Places:
Philadelphia, United States of America
Date:
1931
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The bell pursues me. It is time to die.
It is the hour when no man works. I feel
My time fill up with leaves like a dry well
With many autumns over it, leaves that I
Leave to sigh in the ears of my…
Contributor:
Allen Grossman
Places:
Waltham, United States of America
Date:
1957
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It is April 1959, I’m standing at the railing of the Batory’s upper deck, and I feel that my life is ending. I’m looking out at the crowd that has gathered on the shore to see the ship’s departure…
Contributor:
Eva Hoffman
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
1989
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A gigantic queue in front of the American Embassy building. Today the 36,124th person has already been entered on the waiting list. The majority are Muscovites, but many have come from other cities…
Contributor:
Arthur Hertzberg
Places:
Berkeley, United States of America
Date:
1988