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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…

6 min readAug 20, 2021

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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…

11 min readMar 14, 2017

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Plane’s arc, a definition since childhood

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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…

1 min readMar 14, 2017

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Haunted by history, hungry for home

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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…

7 min readMar 14, 2017

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Death keeps you busy

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Witness: A Contemporary American Memoir

Once a refuge, now a haunting

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

1 min readDec 28, 2016

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Once a refuge, now a haunting

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Witness: A Contemporary American Memoir

Mississippi stigmata

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

1 min readNov 18, 2016

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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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