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ericka-lutz's picture
Sep.01.2008
Labor Day weekend, amid news of Gustav and Palin, and we're taking the time to straighten, sort, clarify, and file. Our goal: surfaces. We have nine...
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gerard-jones's picture
Aug.31.2008
I've been hearing from a lot of female Clinton supporters the last couple of days--directly, from friends and web contacts, and from reading blogs...
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john-elder-robison's picture
Aug.31.2008
As August comes to an end, Fair Season begins. I stopped by Northampton's Tri Country Fair today, and shot some pictures . . . The first thing you...
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peter-trachtenberg's picture
Aug.31.2008
Missing from the Party The impending catastrophic landfall of Hurricane Gustav has suddenly reminded us of Hurricane Katrina. More to the point, it'...
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priscilla-hodgkins's picture
Aug.31.2008
Friday morning, on  my way to a meeting that’s an hour+ drive from home, some of those thoughts that only come along while doing 65 invaded my grainy...
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kate-marshall's picture
Aug.31.2008
No really. There was a wild turkey in my kitchen this morning. Alive. The morning started out as it always does on Sundays. I get up, head to the...
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jessica-barksdale-inclan's picture
Aug.31.2008
Here, in no apparent order, are some thoughts on recent goings on: Sarah Palin looks like the pretty girl trying to be smart.  Or the smart girl...
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bob-levin's picture
Aug.31.2008
"Inexplicably," the editor of The Comics Journal e-mailed, "the Table of Contents for our next issue credits John Benson with your...
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scott-c-holstad's picture
Aug.31.2008
Holy cow, I got my copy of the new Charles Bukowski book this weekend!  It's called Portions from a Wine-Stained Notebook: Uncollected Stories and...
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anne-brooke's picture
Aug.31.2008
Goodness me, what a thundery rainy day today. Lord H and I do so love a good thunderstorm. Shame it seems to have vanished away now - we were hoping...
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candie-white's picture
Nov.07.2008
Let me begin by saying- God Bless You President Elect Obama- for being the first to list gay people in your first speech as President of the United...
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cary-chrysler's picture
Nov.07.2008
   To live in or through history as it is being made, and to realize history is being made: The first African-American elected President of The...
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adrianne-hamberg's picture
Nov.07.2008
So my uncle had told me a few months back about NaNoWriMo.  He knows I like to write, but I've never bothered to do anything with it.  His first book...
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brad-green's picture
Nov.07.2008
I finished Donigan Merritt's Possessed by Shadows on the plane back to Dallas from LA. That was Saturday. I'm still thinking about the book. I'm not...
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ann-duke's picture
Nov.07.2008
I've always played at writing.  I've envisioned the Great American Novel, I outline, I research, I discuss, I plan and I write, I rewrite and then...
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former member's picture
Nov.06.2008
by former member
>> A German's View on Islam>>>> A man, whose family was German aristocracy prior to World>> War II, owned a number of large...
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former member's picture
Nov.06.2008
by former member
There had been hobos in the United States since there had been trains and liquor. Which is to say, always
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toni-conn's picture
Nov.06.2008
I feel that I'm a bit late in creating this blog. I just looked at the "special offers" tab in the menu under the "fun stuff"...
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susan-brown's picture
Nov.06.2008
This morning KidThree and I had an appointment at her school for yet another IEP (individual education plan).  Everytime anything having to do with a...
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rachel-bussel's picture
Nov.06.2008
all for Submissions: Peep Show Edited by Rachel Kramer BusselTo be published by Cleis Press in Fall 2009 Editor Rachel Kramer Bussel is looking for...
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