Ode to a Japanese Meal by Paul Berkson Udon, you are so warm, and also satisfying. Even on hot days you are so good. Swallowing warm broth, like the sun, on a June day. Slurping slimy smooth succulent noddles, splattering my face with broth like a rain shower. Tamago sushi, you are a work of […]
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Walter Brundl
Walter Brundl by Ben Verdi Six Million. That is the number of people killed in the holocaust. During a twelve year period beginning in 1933, a man named Adolph Hitler started a war which in the end led to the persecution of many people: Jews, Socialists, Labor workers, Handicapped people, anyone who Hitler saw as […]
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Anne Cundari by Katie Cundari The crash of a bomb over a hill, or the cry for water that comes from nearby. The need for food or some kind of shelter, and the relief that comes when it is received. I have never experienced any of these things, but everyday I am reminded of them. […]
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Richard O’Keeffe by Megan O’Keeffe Sandra Day O’Connor, Hillary Clinton, Angelina Jolie- Just some of the names that come to mind when I think about people that have worked for justice, though they all did it in different ways. But today I am here to talk about my grandfather, Richard O’Keeffe. A father, a husband, […]
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Madeline by Maria Arenas My name is Madeline, just Madeline. The rest isn’t important. I live in Paris with Miss Clavel and eleven other girls. You see, none of us have mommies or daddies, but that’s all right ‘cause we have Miss Clavel, and she’s all we need. And each other of course, we’re like […]
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