Three generations of women sat him down and with a concern on their faces that could only come from being women and from caring a

An American: “You could do worse,” a memory of the Brooklyn Dodgers, even though he was born in 1972, in his heart – New York,

We were talking about the things we always talk about, and the whole of it had the effect of making us think about who we

Everybody else would go out drinking, and as the alcohol mixed with what was already inside them, their feelings would come out either toward the

An American: “You could do worse,” a memory of the Brooklyn Dodgers, even though he was born in 1972, in his heart – New York,

Back when happiness was a solitary thing, Seattle was a good place to be, because she could walk around and feel glad about the rain

“I like it when we're lying down,” he said, “because that's where you stop being sarcastic.” He had arrived at her apartment twenty minutes ago.

For some the street is a way to get to a place and for some it is a place. But it is a place. All it

There had been all kinds of protests before the war and just as the war had started, and on his way to attending them, he

My grandmother had just been getting the hang of America when the war talk broke out. She had joined a hiking club, and they went

There was no room for it to come out to George Bush, to the men behind the pictures of war, to the people who were

I felt like taking a long walk when I heard my uncle say that if the United States were to invade our country next after

Rain in San Francisco is similar to rain in Seattle, especially some place green like Funston Avenue where I live, but rain in Seattle belongs.

Just to know that if a man wanted to, he could walk into a video store and walk out with a dream. Not even a

The girls were sitting and joking after dinner, and it was the kind of joking that made the boy feel like he was ready for

It doesn't have to be a comment on the state of the world. It doesn't have to be something that can look the newspaper headlines

I knew that we were Iranian, and I knew that it was as good as being anything else, American or Guatemalan or Vietnamese or anything

Oh boy, they're speaking my language. They're speaking my language diving for the ball like that. The fellow playing in left ran and jumped over

The funny part of walking around all day looking for a job was that it really was a beautiful city to walk around in, but

The two men who had come to the lecture hall were there to speak about peace. They were from the two countries that were at

It had gone just about as smoothly as a thing like that could, given that she was beautiful in ways that were both subtle and

I felt like taking a long walk when I heard my uncle say that after Iraq if the United States were to invade our country

Among the homeless people of my neighborhood, there was a man and a woman who were very much in love.  I would see them along

A man with a little sister is a different thing.  He hears about a side of life that many men do not.  It is a

Parsha Feshfeshani had visitors.  They were his wife's brother's daughter and her husband.  They were newlyweds and they were driving around the country. On Saturday