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Katie Karnehm-Esh

Marigold

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Mornings in Uganda are first the color of periwinkles, then roses, then suddenly a shot of brightest marigold. I watch it from my doorstep, listening. The caws of bright equatorial…

John Guzlowski

Growing Up Polack

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My dad spent 4 ½ years in Buchenwald concentration camp in Nazi Germany. My mother spent 2 ½ years as a slave laborer in various camps there. When the war…

Essays

Marigold

Growing Up Polack