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#39 Poetry
"This may be a bit premature, but I am writing this as the introduction to the section of my memoirs containing the scores of poems I have written over the years. "
#44 Music in My Life
"For some people, their lives would be empty and unfulfilled without music."
Music in the Life of a Kid in the Bronx
Another (later?) draft of #44 Music in My Life
#41 What's in a Name
"Imagine my surprise when I picked up the paper some time ago to learn that Jacob is the most popular boy’s name in the U.S."
Yiddish and Me
"Vos ken ich zugn fun Yidish? What can I say about Yiddish? "
#42 Gambling
"When we were kids, we were always gambling."
Shopping for Clothes
"When you are a pre-teen, it goes without saying that your parents buy your clothes for you."
Mishpukhe
"As an only child of a widowed mother who had a sister in Paris and a brother in Vaslui Romania, I didn’t grow up with a lot of family around."
Mishpukhe
Alternate (earlier?) version of Mishpukhe
My Mother's Birthday
"Today is November 3, 2008. Since my mother was born on November 3, 1888, this would be her 120th birthday. "