Stafford WoodSt. John’s CollegeLispector PreceptorialDecember 2023 What is the tempo of “It” in Clarice Lispector’s Aqua Viva? Throughout Aqua Viva, Clarice Lispector changes the pace of her writing with punctuation and paragraph marks which can feel to the reader like a lyrical ode, rather than a novel. She writes in a mélange of poetry and…
Federalist Papers Politics & Society Tutorial Mr. Grenke Fall 2023 To convince the people of New York to vote for the new Constitution, the writers of the Federalist Papers need to explain why the current government formed by the Articles of Confederation are lacking. Hamilton writes Federalist No. 15 with this purpose and uses all manner of mockery…
My name is Oleoski, I was born 250 kilometers from here in western Ukraine. There’s bad economics in Ukraine, so I come here to Krakow for opportunities. Opportunities to work, I drive Old Jewish tourists and I cook Kosher in kitchens. “Do you keep kosher?” Me, no, I don’t have any religion. And definitely not…
“Pleased to meet you, I’m Antonio Quaglio. My wife, daughters, we are from Genoa. A little fishing village near Portafino. All Americans know portafino. Here is a picture. We live 40 kilometers to the side of this building.” “It’s easily 50 kilometers,” says his wife. “She is right, she is right. It’s certainly more like…
“Pardon me sir, can I help you open the jar.” “Yes please. You are a very strong woman. And kind. You are so kind to notice I needed help. You know I am a mess. I’m simply a mess.” “Everyone is a mess,” I said. “Some are just better at pretending they aren’t.” “Everyone might…
From "Talking with Ernest J. Gaines," Louisiana Literature (1999) My church is the oak tree. My church is the river. My church is walking right down the cane field road, on the headlands between rows of sugar cane. That's my church. I can talk to God there as well as I can talk to him…
