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"I always liked the line from Moliere’s Bourgois Gentilhomme (?) where he discovers that he is speaking prose. This came to mind as David is working on a paper about Jews and blacks and Italians in New York and other urban centers. What David is…

"As if I had nothing better to do in the spring and summer of 1953, I found myself in a legal battle with my landlord."

"When you add it all up, I really am lucky." (Fragment, early draft)

"My cousin Rozzie is 3 ½ years younger than me."

"In May 1951, I had 'graduated' from the ILGWU Training Institute, but because I was now subject to the draft, I was not given an assignment."

"Everybody I know has a dentist."

"When I was in elementary and junior high school, I don’t remember art classes."