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One night as I lay in my crib, my tired mother, her patience spent, came into the room and stole my voice.
By Neena BeberOctober 1988I have not been close to my mother. We have been friendly, conventional, conversational — not close. I felt her love as a black hole, waiting to suck me in. I danced cautiously around its rim. Now it is safe to come close. It always was safe.
By Joyce AllenSeptember 1988She was chaste and chased. Miriam saw the men looking at her as she dove into the swimming pool, her body a golden promise.
By Deborah ShouseAugust 1988Because I had found it hard to attend to anything less interesting than my thoughts, I was difficult to teach.
William Butler Yeats,
Reveries over Childhood and Youth (1916)
Enos had died that year, pathetically, and Jethro had seen in his eyes before they closed only relief that he no longer had to keep a parallel set of double-entry books for that God. That God was busy all the time, balancing numbers. Jethro had no desire for His heaven, and no fear of His hell.
By Tim FarringtonAugust 1988We keep trying to find out. We look at the present and wonder about the past, about how we got here. It’s a question much asked; most people don’t think it’s possible to answer. But the answer is simple. It was Father.
By Donald N. S. UngerAugust 1988I’ve warned Mama not to tell her story today. Mama has a visitor, a Mrs. Thompson from her Sunday School class. First Baptist believes in staying in touch.
By Candace PerryJuly 1988The light is off in the hallway. It’s been off for a month and the first floor tenant, Mrs. Gaynor, has complained to the landlord. Over and over.
By Rosanna StaffaJuly 1988Personal, political, provocative writing delivered to your doorstep every month—without a single ad.
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