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...mother every day. Among her most noted works is her 1982 novel “The House of the Spirits,” an example of magical realism, a style incorporating magical elements often used by mid-20th century Latin America authors. She said that “Spirits?? would be difficult for her to write today because she has evolved into a simpler, more precise writer. At last night’s event, which was sponsored by the Harvard Book Store, Allende described her motives for writing “The Sum of Our Days...
...Holyoke Center is more fertile these days thanks to some Hopi spirits??though spirits of a distinctly 20th century sort. Hopi katsina dolls—traditionally carved by Hopi Indians to share the stories of their ancestors—are telling their stories through a new medium: photography. Through Feb. 28, George Ducharme will be displaying a photographic study of his collection of katsina dolls in the Holyoke Center Exhibition Space. The dolls’ carvings are meant to represent katsina spirits, benevolent ancestral beings whom the Hopi believe can bring fertility and health to their native arid...
...isn’t all pain and suffering. Though Nowinski takes quite a beating on occasion, there are those shining moments in which he finishes off his opponents with a stunning move that crushes both their and the crowd’s spirits??the honor roll...
...said Cho was in “good spirits?? and would be released from Portsmouth (N.H.) Regional Hospital in the next week. A nursing administrator at the hospital declined to comment on Cho’s condition...
Then, the cell phones came out. We called our friends, parents, aunts, uncles and our favorite administrators. Surely they would want to hear about our misfortune. Their heartfelt words of sympathy warmed our spirits??yes, it is freezing cold, and no, we don’t have anywhere to go. We thanked them for their compassion, and gently humored their concerns about our health. If they linked our misfortune to Sept. 11, or the hushed T-word was mentioned, we laughed contemptuously at their simplicity. “Let’s not overreact...
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