War, a Three Letter Word, Just like OilLiverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
The words (out) of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords —The Holy Bible/Psalms Words … plunked down with a click like chessmen —Yehuda Amichai Words … poured wetly from her red lips as from a ...
‘The House on Via Gemitois a marvellous novel of Naples and its environs during and after the Second World War. The prism for this exploration is the relationship between the narrator and his railway worker / artist father – an impossible man, filled with cowardice and boastfulness. His s...
When she was fourteen, she went to study in Nanjing Normal University of Special Education. After graduation, she became a teacher at Hengyang Normal School of Special Education and taught Chinese language to first graders. She p...
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Her work explored family relationships, politics and philosophy during and after the Fascist years, World War II. Modest and intensely reserved, Ginzburg never shied away from the traumas of history, whether writing about the Turin of her childhood, the Abruzzi countryside or contemporary Rome—appr...
day after day after day I ask to be emptied of myself so that I may be filled with the Holy Spirit. I am so weakened, exhausted, severely depressed and feel no joy or excitement. I’ve had hands laid on me, my forehead anointed with oil and been prayed over by my church elders,...
After jobs almost disappeared during the pandemic, we’re starting to see a rebound: In May, the industry created 292, 000 jobs, far outpacing other corners of the economy. (然而,工资增长的加快并不是短缺的唯一标志。迹象表明,这一趋势与就业增长停滞同时出现。看看休闲和酒店业发生了什么,这是新冠...
After their fight awkwardly cleared the daybed, the two parted ways and Genevieve caught Victoria up on the unexpected blowout. “He told me I’mgaslightinghim. I’ve never even been told that in my life,” Gen said....
One other occasion arose to ride, the summer before I became a teenager, when, after much debate, my parents took us for the first (and last) time to the Toups Family Reunion. We drove across the perilously narrow Huey P. Long Bridge, through the waving fields of sugarcane which would...