North of the Port: StoriesAs in his earlier works, the dozen stories in Bukoski's fifth collection depict the joys and woes of the Polish American immigrant families living either in the East End of Superior, Wisconsin, or in south Louisiana, where some Poles migrated to work the cane fields. Bukoski's lower middle-class families are sustained by their neighborhood (now in decline), by the Polish fraternal lodge, by their parochial school training, and, in some cases, by their abiding spiritual faith |
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Page 104
... Elizabeth of Hungary being an ex- ception . If you're alone at the bar , you and your bottle of Blatz , and a woman comes into your life , wouldn't you buy a red rose from her on a Saturday night ? Would you buy one for your girlfriend ...
... Elizabeth of Hungary being an ex- ception . If you're alone at the bar , you and your bottle of Blatz , and a woman comes into your life , wouldn't you buy a red rose from her on a Saturday night ? Would you buy one for your girlfriend ...
Page 105
... Elizabeth of Hungary on the back of the Extension calendar I've had for a year . Despite the opposition of her royal family and courtiers , she tended to the sick in a hospital she had built at the foot of the mountain upon which her ...
... Elizabeth of Hungary on the back of the Extension calendar I've had for a year . Despite the opposition of her royal family and courtiers , she tended to the sick in a hospital she had built at the foot of the mountain upon which her ...
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... Elizabeth of Hungary , asked at nine o'clock on the night I realized I couldn't keep up with Bev . The place was crowded , noisy . Bożena's arms were full of roses five days before the Wilson sailed . " Sorry , " I told her . I gave her ...
... Elizabeth of Hungary , asked at nine o'clock on the night I realized I couldn't keep up with Bev . The place was crowded , noisy . Bożena's arms were full of roses five days before the Wilson sailed . " Sorry , " I told her . I gave her ...
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