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Skip to content Menu Home Reviews Essays Interviews Fiction Poetry Blog Contacts Submissions Search Muhammad Ali Came to Tea (A Discordia Concors) …
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“Mother of the Sky” - Head of Hathor from the Temple of Satet on Elephantine island (Aswan). Cyanotype print on Egyptian papyrus, toned with haritaki…
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The name Tara consists of the following symbols: 𓏏 = T (loaf of bread, side view) 𓄿 = A (vulture) 𓂋 = R (mouth) Bread is the most fundamental symbol …
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My mother was my savior. She made me save everything. "A penny saved is a penny earned." she would always say. If I have my father to thank for te…
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10 Feral Human Children Raised by Animals A feral child is a human child who has lived isolated from human contact from a very young age, and has no…
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About Talk Like a Texan I’m a many-generation Texan. All I know for sure is that my paternal grandfather’s mother’s ancestors settled in a little tow…
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The well is a metaphor for our self, soul, spirit, identity, innocence, etc. When a well is poisoned, improperly sealed or capped or simply abandone…
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Adam retells this like a man talking about the foolishness of childhood. He recalls the event slightly embarrassed about his behavior as a child, bu…
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CF will not talk about the war, about his time in Iraq. This will be a source of tension in the background as the story unfolds. His efforts to hel…
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Nora Peacock Role in Story: Mother of Florence, whose attempted suicide wreaks havoc one Florence’s world. Occupation: Middle School Teacher …
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Letter 19531016 notes that S and F are so close they are like sisters. S is the half that is left behind, abandoned when F leaves for Egypt. S is n…
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Sandra's parents awoke in the middle of the night to discover that F is sleepwalking again. Sandra's mother notices that she giving a speech, but no…
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Although the onset of Nora's breakdown will be caused by a hormonal imbalance, something will need to be the spark that sets her suicidal thoughts in…
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It's important to understand the mood, her psychological state as a 14 year old girl who is just beginning to understand what intimacy and affection …
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I pop a beautiful sentence into my mouth and suck it like a fruit drop. Bohumil Hrabal March 28, 1914: Celebrated Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal was bor…
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The cramps tore at Florence’s stomach as she made her way to her desk. It was not her time of the month. Nevertheless, she composed herself and fough…
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She was sitting next to the girl who was abused by the riot police. "I was encouraged by my mother.". I was sitting by her side in the hospital room…
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Told from the perspective of the stationary that F uses to write to Shareef. It doesn't have to have a memory or a conscience. It is simply a mediu…
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Weeping Woman (Dora) , (60 х 49 cm, 23 ⅝ х 19 ¼ inches) is an oil on canvas painted by Pablo Picasso in France, 1937. Picasso was intrigued with the …
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Adam is fooled into thinking that he's about to have sex with a married woman he met at the Lone Star Oyster Bar. She's actually an actress working …
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If you can't go back to your mother's womb, you'd better learn to be a good fighter. Anchee Min The author ofRed Azaleawas born on this day in 1957.
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Days had turned into night. And now the darkness was my guiding light. I do no know where or when the almighty Ra left me. All I know if that I ha…
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Winnie Davis Varina Anne "Winnie" Davis (June 27, 1864 - September 18, 1898) was an American author. A daughter of President of the Confederate State…
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I spent some time in Texas (as an exchange student at UT). This is why my instructor said I should volunteer. He'll like you. He claims his mother…
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I'm not interested in money, I just want to be wonderful. Marilyn Monroe June 1, 1926: Born Norma Jean Mortenson (Baker, her mother's last name, came…
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Christian's attempt to get Amina to talk leads him to Marcus Sugarton who helps him hack into people's social network profiles and Google Web history…
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What words describe the "mother" of the Good Housekeeping writing contest? Provider Safe Loving Caring Strong [From GH articles]
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No Response is about a man who must pick up the pieces of his life after the death of his mother. He's under the false assumption that he will find …
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This might be the new version of the tales of my mother and father.
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Adam accidentally ends up at the booksellers market in Cairo and stumbles upon a photo of his mother inside the merchant's kiosk. He will mistakenly…
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Why is life so attracted to death? Why must it cling to your shirtsleeves like a lost child whose fearful eyes beg that you reunite her with her par…
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We live in a world where joy and empathy and pleasure are all around us, there for the noticing. Ira Glass Happy 58th birthday, Ira Glass! The host o…
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“Are you boys bothering that young girl?” Mrs Hathor called out from her porch. Mrs Hathor lived by herself and was “Hi Mrs Hathor,” said Iris as sh…
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Iris closed the front door and started down the steps of her porch. “Not so fast young lady,” her father’s voice came from the other side of the lind…
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Sabeel is one of the daughters of the high priest of the Temple of Amun in the oasis of Siwa. Her mother was a Libyan (Lamia) and taught her that a …
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If it is idiomatic what is the phenomenon or the social enigma it is trying to simplify or explain. It is more than just a pun or a crossover in hist…
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Listening to motherless Child by Sweet Honey In the Rock. Thinking of writing a post for Mother’s Day from a photo of my mother transported to Egypt.…
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The night before he has to pack, he goes out to hang with some friends at the empty lot. They find a stack of Playboy magazines and a wet cigarette …
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Libyan Sibyl From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Michelangelo 's rendering of the Libyan Sibyl The Libyan Sibyl , name…
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Mentu was a natural warrior. He came from the village of Anhur in the land above the cataracts. The cataracts were a natural barrier that protected…
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Amina will have a cigarette butt in her possession. She found it while rummaging through her mother’s things. It was in a box with a torn page of a…
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Happiness is something that comes into our lives through doors we don't even remember leaving open. Rose Wilder Lane Rose Wilder Lane (born December …
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Talking to a stuffed falcon that she carries on her shoulder. She’s never been the same ever since her mom died. The superstitions of the locals co…
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