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Conversation with Telemachus
Excerpt from Circe by Madeline Miller This is an excerpt from the book Circe by Madeline Miller. ‘And your mother? What did she think?’ ’I do not claim to know what my mother thinks.’ His voices had stiffened. They had not spoken to each other all night, I remembered. ’She brought you up herself. You…
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She could never forgive her community
Excerpt from Meridian by Alice Walker This is an excerpt from the book Meridian by Alice Walker. She could never forgive her community, her family, his family, the whole world, for not warning her against children. For a year she had seen some increase in her happiness: She enjoyed joining her body to her husband’s…
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Her mind was made up
Excerpt from Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi This is an excerpt from the book Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, translated by Geoffrey Trousselot. Her mind was made up. Or, more accurately, a stubborn resolve had taken root. Kazu just stood there impassively. Fumiko could imagine that if she had…
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I perceive but the wine itself
Poets by Kahlil Gibran This is an excerpt from The Forerunner by Kahlil Gibran, discovered in the anthology of his work called The Voice of Kahlil Gibran. Four poets were sitting around a bowl of punch that stood on a table. Said the first poet, ‘Methinks I see with my third eye the fragrance of…