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Ebba Kraar

Ebba Kraar is searching for life’s meaning in the libraries of Syracuse.

Essays, Memoirs & True Stories

Peopletalk: Language And Other Expressions

Language, more than anything else, separates man from other animals. It plays a dominant role in shaping our conceptions about the world. Language is a means of transmitting and storing information, generally with words or other symbols.

January 1976
Essays, Memoirs & True Stories

Dear Food

“A veggie restaurant in Raleigh? It’ll never work” was the reaction of most folks who consider Raleigh a meat and potatoes town. Early this spring, however, the Irregardless, located on Morgan Street in the shadow of Central Prison, opened its doors and now has a full house every lunch and most dinner-times.

September 1975
Essays, Memoirs & True Stories

Dear Food

Featuring this month: Mariakakis, The Keg Room, and Greek Quarter Restaurant best known as Kwikee Takeout.

June 1975
Essays, Memoirs & True Stories

Survival In America

A carpet, anyway you look at it, is the best way to travel. You can take it with you anywhere — into the green forest or the courtyard of a mosque.

June 1975
Poetry

A Poem For My Friend, Star

June 1975
Poetry

A Walk Down Main Street

April 1975
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