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Holiday shopping brings back long-forgotten memories and reveals the emotional power of gear. Among the souvenirs of a youthful European trip, the most enduring and powerful was a Swiss Army knife. (Photo: Lisa Jhung) Published on July 22, 2026 08:27 am I was chasing my teenage sons through the cobbled streets of Old Town Lucerne,

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Literary Center » "A person should be in love most of the time." Another (another) ode to Grace Paley
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Literary Center » “A person should be in love most of the time.” Another (another) ode to Grace Paley

I first started reading Grace Paley a few weeks after her second novel was published, as I sought refuge from refreshing Goodreads from waiting for the Booker Prize committee to call. Reading the five-page excerpt “Love” and then re-reading it several times, I had tears in my eyes – it was a perfect picture of

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