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On the sixtieth anniversary of the atomic bombing of Japan, Hay reflects on the human tragedy and the loss of innocent lives. She recalls, with great sadness, her reading of Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes.
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Epigraph: The colossal scale of evil could only be matched or countered by some solitary flicker of intense and private humanity.--Shirley Hazzard, The Transit of Venus.
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yHeat10 Yearsno.12 (New Series)2006Z13321172006periodical issue 2006