Literary

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natuur/nature

From: Alfabet/Alphabet

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This chapter examines the poems of Ida Gerhardt. 7 $0.70 Add
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Not a Madeleine Dunked in Tea

From: My Mother, My Translator

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Explores grief through food, music, and memory. Showcases how these facets of experience intersected with his grief. 16 $1.60 Add
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oud/old

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On the chronic abstraction of using a language learned after childhood. 3 $0.30 Add
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The Wider World

From: The Wheel of Things

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Affairs of the heart

From: The Wheel of Things

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Five Women

From: My Mother, My Translator

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Tells the stories of the women in his life, from his great grandmother to his sister. 21 $2.10 Add
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piano/piano

From: Alfabet/Alphabet

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The chapter explores Dutch etemology. 7 $0.70 Add
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Honeymoon

From: The Wheel of Things

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quarantaine/quarantine

From: Alfabet/Alphabet

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This chapter concerns the sounds of Flemish, also called Belgian-Dutch. 4 $0.40 Add
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The Fohn

From: My Mother, My Translator

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Recounts the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, his experience with it, and the connection to those family members lost to the Spanish Flu. 7 $0.70 Add
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In Patagonia I Dreamed in Punjabi

From: My Mother, My Translator

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A poem about a bus ride to Ludhiana. 1 $0.10 Add
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Mistress of the Manse

From: The Wheel of Things

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raadsel/riddle

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This chapter concerns Punjabi, the author’s father’s mother tongue. 6 $0.60 Add
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Book Burning

From: My Mother, My Translator

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Revisits the terror of 1984, the trauma it caused, and how that trauma shaped his drive to be a writer. 11 $1.10 Add
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stilte/silence

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In this chapter, the de Meijer writes about poetic emphasis, and how this can differ between languages. 8 $0.80 Add
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Terrors and triumphs

From: The Wheel of Things

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