Word: childhood
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...life in China, but distance can give them a fresh perspective - and freedom to say things unwelcome in Beijing. The Uninvited will not get Yan invited to many Beijing banquets. Dan Dong and his wife Little Plum have come to the capital from impoverished Gansu province and a childhood diet of "dark gruel made of tree bark and sorghum." Subsisting now on noodles and expired canned goods, they marvel at the urban paradise around them. Little Plum, writes Yan, "roams the supermarket, admiring stacks of dish detergents, napkins and bath towels as if they were flower beds or pavilions...
...Darkness and The Confessions of Nat Turner--that explore, in agonizing detail, the human capacity for evil; on Martha's Vineyard, Mass. A descendant of slave owners, Styron became obsessed as a boy with the 1831 slave revolt led by Nat Turner, which began not far from his childhood home in Newport News, Va. Confessions, written in the first person, drew bitter criticism from black leaders, who called it presumptuous, but won Styron a Pulitzer Prize. Along with Sophie's Choice, the harrowing tale of an Auschwitz survivor that became an Oscar-winning 1982 movie starring Meryl Streep, it cemented...
Finally, buried 12 songs into the album, the real Meat Loaf of my childhood reappears. “Seize the Night” features the beautiful choir orchestration, strings, and the kind of spot-on vocals that used to make cleaning my room that much more enjoyable. Sadly, it all ends very quickly, and listeners are left with two more dull tracks...
...best way to think about Lady Sovereign’s new album “Public Warning” is to think about that game “Telephone.” For those of you who have blocked out your childhood, this is a game where kids whisper a phrase from one end of a line to the other. Things are intelligible enough at first, but before long the message is horribly garbled...
...beach... Your best pick-up line: Eyyyy... Best or worst lie you’ve ever told: I don’t lie. Something you’ve always wanted to tell someone: When I run, my ears catch the wind and get cold. That is uncomfortable. Favorite childhood toy: Cords. Yes, cords. Sexiest physical trait: My biceps/thigh circumference ratio. Favorite part about Harvard: The fencing team (of course). Describe yourself in three words: Lost in translation. In 15 minutes you are: Eating dinner. In 15 years you are: Nowhere to be seen or eating dinner...