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3 Great Novels by Isaac Bashevis Singer
I adore the novels of Isaac Bashevis Singer. The way he writes about how the Jewish identity is intertwined with the individual no matter where they are or what they are doing is absolutely brilliant. These strange human relationships which rely on codependence that end up being a mixture of emotions that range from sorrow all the way to grief all the way to happiness and even confusion. The books of Isaac Bashevis Singer often consider the question of what builds the identity in realistic terms: is it culture? is it background? is it upbringing? is it legacy? There are so many componenets and not all of them are wholeheartedly helpful to the individual.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Humans
The Doc Martens
It was the early 1990s. I was in my twenties and not exactly miserable, but not happy either. My world was changing too fast, and the change was precipitated by too much loss for such a young heart. My days were full of routines that felt alien to who I thought I wanted to be, but I didn’t know how to become anyone else or fight the inertia. Get up, go to work, go to night classes at the local City College, after class maybe get a drink with friends, but more often go home and watch television and then bed. That is if no one was in the hospital; otherwise, after work, I would head to the hospital to sit with whichever ailing loved one it was; my uncle (AIDS), my father (AIDS), my best friend (brain aneurism), my aunt (another surgery). Or on the weekend, maybe there was another funeral or memorial to go to or a family friend who needed comfort and company. It was the 1990s, and death was practically de regueur.
By Laylah Muran de Assereto5 years ago in Humans
Faded Print
I started working with Mrs. Edmunds as a favor to a neighbor that was working as a private duty nurse and could not do both jobs. Mrs. Edmunds didn't need a nurse really, she was actually in very good shape and health for a woman in her 90s. Octavia Claire Edmunds was a wealthy widow that did not have family in the area and they didn't seem too eager to ensure if their stepmother/step-grandmother was fairing well.
By Nykia Threlkeld5 years ago in Humans
Wet Socks
It was the lack of shoes that had paved the path of most of her life. Not that she hated shoes, quite to the contrary, but rather just not wearing them seemed to be the thread that one could follow through the majority of her life. Not quite as dramatic as the guy who builds homes in his bare feet, risking stubs and mud on the job site. And not like Tammy Duckworth whose prosthetics are their own special kind of shoes. Or certainly not a dramatic as Simone Biles whose tiny, naked feet launch her into the stratosphere while she flips and spins to her hearts content.
By Susanne Williams5 years ago in Humans
The Little Black Book
RINGGGGGG!! The alarm on my phone blares and I immediately halt my work to figure out what’s going on. I finally reach my phone to read the reminder going across my screen and, the realization hits me like a ton of bricks. I’m supposed to have brunch with the girls in an hour! I rescheduled so many times for work already. I have to go. I sprint to my closet; they instructed me to dress up a bit. They specifically said, “not your normal leggings, t-shirt, and comfy non-slip sneakers.”
By Victoria Johnson5 years ago in Humans
