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Witness: A Contemporary American Memoir

Witness: A Contemporary American Memoir

Day Nine

Awoken with a start from restless sleep on my mother’s sofa, I grope not for my watch or the battery-operated alarm clock. I do not reach…

Aug 20, 2021

Aug 20, 2021

Witness: A Contemporary American Memoir

Plane’s arc, a definition since childhood

I sit by the airplane window staring into a pool of shifting darkness. My mother sleeps but not soundly. The plane passes through a bank of…

Mar 14, 2017

Plane’s arc, a definition since childhood

Mar 14, 2017

Witness: A Contemporary American Memoir

Haunted by history, hungry for home

My Ukrainian father lost his home and country to war, my English mother sacrificed hers for marriage…

Mar 14, 2017

Haunted by history, hungry for home

Mar 14, 2017

Witness: A Contemporary American Memoir

Death keeps you busy

I climb the stairs and duck under the canopy shielded entrance to Miller Funeral Home. The plum colored tarp bends and twists from the…

Mar 14, 2017

Death keeps you busy

Mar 14, 2017

Witness: A Contemporary American Memoir

Once a refuge, now a haunting

Originally published at www.annasochocky.com on December 28, 2016.

Dec 28, 2016

Once a refuge, now a haunting

Dec 28, 2016

Witness: A Contemporary American Memoir

Mississippi stigmata

Originally published at www.annasochocky.com on November 18, 2016.

Nov 18, 2016

Nov 18, 2016

Witness: A Contemporary American Memoir

Witness: A Contemporary American Memoir

My Ukrainian father lost his family, home, and country to war, my English mother sacrificed hers for marriage, and I spent my life looking for mine.

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