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… the variety of motives which induce thousands of people to commit their lives to writing in one form or another. Mrs. … say it. Again, it is possible to insinuate one’s good points, and under the guise of modesty and shyness to imply … in all the comforts of home. IV But direct self-studies have generally more biographical interest and more …

… it from the point of view of our modern civilization is completely to misunderstand it, for nothing could have been … when the system of common-ownership—which Professor Andrews points out had nothing to do with communism—was given up, … he completely avoids the dullness which such economic studies usually attain. During this period the troubles of …

… in their lives. They seek it out through awkward homecomings, infidelity, extravagant gestures of one kind or another that trigger curious turning points. A family reunites in tense celebration. A couple … as the years pass. Children betray and disappoint. Parents die. In these stories, an absence—of kinship, paternal love, …

… whatever has happened is written on the water of Babel. 269-270 By Wislawa Szymborska …

… Heroes and Sons: Coming to Terms What did you do in the war, Daddy? It’s a … stoical attitude toward death. Though various histories, studies, and memoirs of the American POW experience in the … the voyage sooner than later, though it wasn’t until Feb. 26, 1944 that Fred Berley, John Bookman, and he left …