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What Is Feminism? by Kristen Chase
… up, I thought “feminism” was a bad word. Of course, I also thought that oral sex meant talking about intercourse. … others privately, but each brave and valuable. Some are comfortable with a bullhorn firmly grasped in their hands. … others do the same thing, The angry and whispering voices come together to form a collective roar, one that I hope …
Rafting Down the Grand Canyon: A Meditation
… texture, here glossy-smooth, there dimpled and swirled. Eddies flow backward along its sides, and a moving network of … become a burden to the others, let it not be me. September 26 At this moment, all trials are recollected in … or so of our journey. No one exclaims over anything or points anything out; no one expresses pleasure in the beauty …
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An Appreciation of Alice Munro
… approaches with her own insights and technical genius, to come to her own bold conclusions. The day that I realized … the choices she makes lead her and Clark to discovery. It becomes clear that Munro is a good psychologist when you see … rational behavior. This is an unpopular idea in a world of computer logic, but we need writers with Munro’s scope and …
April Fire
… Rose like an orchard firmament Over the new-milked cattle, coming Along green hollows where the grouse were drumming. … through mating tame with wild, Man’s war and concord become reconciled? Beyond time’s calm Acropolis Looms the wild … Where grandeur springs from simple duty, Where, healed by balsams of the soul, The battle-scar is turned to beauty, And …
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Irrawaddy Daze
… the temple-bells they say: “Come you back, you British soldier;  come you back to Mandalay!” Come you back to … drove the Allies from the country, the manager of the IFC fleet, in a gesture of defiance, ordered every boat to be … the supervision of an umpire in a high chair. In between points, she asked if I’d come to photograph the match. …
The Saga of Wake
… long furrow of white across the still waters of the lagoon. Commander Winfield Scott Cunningham, U. S. N., Commanding … probably at the island’s extremities at Kuku and Toki Points, Heel Point, near Camp 2, and at Peacock Point, by … as possible—and they did their job well. There were soon bodies and torn, bleeding wounded, sprawled about the bush in …
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