Take another look at James Salter on France and A Sport and a Pastime, introduced by Paul Yoon; revisit Damascus with Tricia Khleif as she recalls music lessons in “Abu Musa.”
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GRZEGORZ KASDEPKE
The outcome of the battle over my stomach (one way to my heart) was a foregone conclusion. Granny deployed sophisticated weapons. Tomato soup, for example, cherry compote, or a special open sandwich...fresh bread, proper butter, fragrant tomatoes...
MICHAEL DAVID LUKAS
Any story—any history, for that matter—is a series of inclusions and omissions, a series of truths and deceptions. The story Grandma Betty liked to tell about her life was not dissimilar to the one Grandma Guta and Grandpa Abe told about theirs. A story of hard work and progress, another version of the American Dream.
JAMES K. BOYCE
A human hand reached into the burrow and lifted the downy chick into the daylight. A man carefully measured its wingspan to ascertain the Kid’s age: eight to fourteen days, old enough to self-regulate its body temperature but young enough to imprint on a new home.
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Celebrating 15 Years