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Hungry Hearts is a collection of short stories by Jewish/American writer Anzia Yezierska first published in 1920. The short stories deal with the European Jewish immigrant experience from the perspective of fictional female Jews, each story depicting a different aspect of their trials and tribulations in poverty in New York City at the turn of the 20th century.
The short story was criticized by the Baltimore Sun for its "colorful ethnic language" and justification of revolutionary violence. [5] Tom LaPietra has said the parable is about Kaczynski's belief that "People who are leftist shouldn't waste their time with what he calls reform, such as equal wages and equal treatment for women...The main issue is we have to stop the industrial machine before ...
The Best American Short Stories 1988, a volume in The Best American Short Stories series, was edited by Shannon Ravenel and by guest editor Mark Helprin. [1] In announcing the publication of this annual edition, Publishers Weekly noted that it is an "at times inspired anthology which draws from small and big-gun literary magazines in equal measures [and] is heralded by a sonorous, sagacious ...
I recently sat down with Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz in his office at Columbia Business School. In this clip, Stiglitz discusses why he worries about poverty in America. Have a look.
American Short Fiction (Vol. 23, No.71) Christa Romanosky "In This Sort of World, the Asshole Wins" The Cincinnati Review (Vol. 17, No.2) George Saunders "Love Letter" The New Yorker (April 6, 2020) Shanteka Sigers "A Way with Bea" The Paris Review (No. 234) Stephanie Soileau "Haguillory" Zoetrope: All-Story (Vol.24, No. 2) Madhuri Vijay "You ...
(Bloomberg Opinion) -- The nature of poverty in rich countries has changed. The sort of material deprivation common in developing nations is effectively a thing of the past. But millions of ...
For much of the past decade, policymakers and analysts have decried America's incredibly low savings rate, noting that U.S. households save a fraction of the money of the rest of the world.
The American Short Story is an American television anthology series produced by Learning in Focus and Sea Cliff Productions for the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). It consisted of adaptations of short stories by both classic and contemporary American writers. [1] Robert Geller was the Executive Producer.