Pig on a Stick
My Filipino father refused to be upstaged by a white man’s lechon.
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Posts Tagged: Labor Day
Freezer Burn
There’s always money in the banana stand. Until another one shows up. As the summer heat dies down, Epic Magazine presents a tale of two ice cream vendors, both alike in dignity: What’s the world coming to if you can’t depend on an ice cream truck?
...moreOn Giving Birth and Making Sense of it All
Before giving birth to her first child, Hannah Gersen had hoped to find an anthology of birth stories. At The Millions, Gersen writes that Labor Day is just what she was seeking, though she didn’t discover it until after she had given birth. But she found that reading this anthology after giving birth may have been even “more helpful” than it […]
...moreHappy Labor Day!
Celebrate the workers of the world with the Poetry Foundation’s list of “poems reflecting on work, responsibility, and the end of summer.” The post includes links to audio recordings of readings and interviews, as well as a few analytical articles, for a full appreciation of labor, both literary and not. Here’s hoping you have the day […]
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