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Old Uzbek had words for wanting to cry and not being able to, for being caused...
– STANFORD Magazine: January/February 2010 > Showcase > Author Elif Batuman
(excerpt from The Possessed: Adventures With Russian Books and the People Who Love Them (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
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Jack Layton’s last letter to Canadians August 20,... →
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Jack Layton’s last letter to Canadians August 20, 2011
Toronto, Ontario
Dear Friends,
Tens of thousands of Canadians have written to me in recent weeks to wish me well. I want to thank each and every one of you for your thoughtful, inspiring and often beautiful notes, cards and gifts. Your spirit and love have lit up my home, my spirit, and my determination.
Unfortunately my...
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You can tell a lot about a man by the woman he loves, because nothing else shows...
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When I was a student at Cambridge I remember an anthropology professor holding...
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