Tag: Carol Levine
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New opioid epidemic: another long day’s journey
Carol Levine New York, New York, United States Papaver somniferum (opium poppy) D. G. J. M. Bois (1896-97) Edmund Tyrone, age 23 (August 1912, New London, Connecticut) “It’s pretty hard to take at times, having a dope fiend for a mother!” From Long Day’s Journey into Night by Eugene O’Neill, Act III1 Alexis…
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Aging in (another) place: Magda Szabo’s novel Iza’s Ballad
Carol Levine New York, New York, United States Imprint II. Copyright 2017 Kelsey Hochstatter Represented by Third and Wall Art Group LLC, Seattle WA In Hungary in the early 1960s, Izabella (Iza) Szöcs is a physician, and a very good one, according to her patients and peers. Her specialty is rheumatology, but she makes…
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The Lady Writer and the Valkyrie: Magda Szabo’s novel The Door
Carol Levine New York, New York, United States Mixed media painting “Nickels and Dimes I” by Natalie Avondet. Used by permission of the artist. An old woman desperately needs medical attention. Yet she fiercely refuses every offer of help from friends, neighbors, and the local doctor. No one will get past her door, she vows.…