Those Times | A poem by Anne Sexton, 1966
Paul Klee, Girl with Doll, 1930 At sixI lived in a graveyard full of dolls,avoiding myself,my body, the suspectin its...
Childhood
Days [ ) Concern | W. Somerset Maugham, 1944
Boris Ignatovich, Motherhood, 1938 “A mother only does her children harm if shemakes them the only concern of her life.”...
On [:] Survive | Flannery O’Connor, 1957
André François, Roland, 1958 “Anybody who has survived his childhood has enoughinformation about life to last him the rest of...
Thoughts on { Parents | Erma Bombeck, 1927-1996
A Mother and Child in a Maternity Ward, 1962 “Giving birth is little more than a set of muscular contractions...
Nostos | A poem by Louise Gluck, 1996
Dorothy Annan, Girl with an Apple, 1943 There was an apple tree in the yard --this would have beenforty years...
Days [ ) Childhood | Thomas Bernhard, 1963
Thomas Bernhard with his mother, Bavaria, 1938 . “Childhood is still running along beside us like a little dog who used...
Flick Review < La première nuit | Georges Franju (1958)
La première nuit (1958) Director: Georges Franju Writers: Marianne Oswald, Rémo Forlani Cinematography: Eugen Schüfftan Music: Georges Delerue Stars: Pierre...
Days [ ) Father’s protection | Sigmund Freud, 1856-1939
Ferdinando Scianna, Sicily, Province of Caltanissetta, Vallelunga, 1965. “The child is brought up to know its social duties by means...