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#26 Irving Howe
"I feel that I have known Irving Howe all my life, although I may have been in the same room with him five times and exchanged no more than a few sentences with him each time."
#35 My Mother's Story
"Ever since my mother died, I have been thinking about, and telling people, what a remarkable woman my mother was."
#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. "
#8 Entering the World of Work
"As soon as school ended in June of 1942, I started to look for a summer job."
#9 The Prize
"I was 12 years old and had been going to Hebrew school for about three years."
A Child’s Jewish New Year in the Bronx (with apologies to Dylan Thomas)
"From the age of 10, my mother made it clear to me that I had to go to Shul on Rosh Hashana--Yom Kippur. She did not go to Shul. I went alone."
Accents
"Growing up, I was aware that different people spoke differently."
Am I an Adjective or a Noun?
"I woke up this morning with my mind on adjectives."
Chronology and the Jews
"The Jews are an ancient people."
Day of Rest
"I have a bumper sticker on my car that reads: 'The Labor Movement. The Folks who Brought you the Weekend'."