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Nov 25, 2002 · She learns that mercy is something you can eat again and again while the juice spills over your chin, you can wipe it away with the back of your hands and you can never get enough. It's the birthday of Lewis Thomas, born in Flushing, New York (1913), who wrote The Lives of a Cell (1974).
The Mercy. The ship that took my mother to Ellis Island. Eighty-three years ago was named “The Mercy.”. She remembers trying to eat a banana. without first peeling it and seeing her first orange. in the hands of a young Scot, a seaman. who gave her a bite and wiped her mouth for her.
Jul 4, 2016 · Philip Levine. The ship that took my mother to Ellis Island eighty-three years ago was named "The Mercy." She remembers trying to eat a banana without first peeling it and seeing her first orange in the hands of a young Scot, a seaman who gave her a bite and wiped her mouth for her with a red….
The ship that took my mother to E… Eighty-three years ago was named “… She remembers trying to eat a bana… without first peeling it and seein… in the hands of a young Scot, a se…
Apr 12, 2012 · From our current Poet Laureate, Philip Levine, an immigrant story, the unrecorded contours and meaning of which the offspring must fill in for himself, with a bittersweet generosity that won’t discount the pain.
Mar 31, 2022 · The mercy : poems by Levine, Philip, 1928-2015. Publication date 1999 Publisher ... Levine, Philip, 1928-2015, signer; Poets Laureate Collection (Library of Congress)
Aug 9, 1998 · Philip Levine began contributing poems to the magazine in 1958, and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1995 for his collection “The Simple Truth.” He died in 2015, at the age of ...
