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phyllis-zimbler-miller's picture
Jul.25.2008
An older National Guard soldier due to deploy to Iraq told his wife the following: What a huge difference between the fraternization briefings I got...
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anne-paris's picture
Jul.25.2008
     I will use this opportunity to say just how much Peter Gabriel was an inspiration for me in writing this book and for doing many things in my...
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amy-mackinnon's picture
Jul.25.2008
The realization of a long held dream is somewhat staggering. To reach and stretch toward it for years on end, with little encouragement along the way...
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christopher-bernard's picture
Jul.25.2008
Recently, while sitting at a neighborhood cafe in San Francisco, I sat next to a young French couple, clearly at the high tide of their romance. One...
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kristy-kiernan's picture
Jul.25.2008
Randy Pausch has died. If this does not bring tears to your eyes and fill your soul with inspiration then, frankly, just stop reading. I don't want...
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june-casagrande's picture
Jul.25.2008
This is quackery, plain and simple, but I've always wondered: Are eldest children more inclined to become writers because they believe their thoughts...
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marilyn-kallet's picture
Jul.25.2008
We had champagne, iced in old metal milk buckets, tall wildflowers, cherries and truffles.   Jane Satterfield and I read our poems in the living room...
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alex-grant's picture
Jul.25.2008
I started this blog because I was alerted to the fact that people are unaware that I'm actually a poet(and not just another blogger) - so my plan is...
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terence-clarke's picture
Jul.25.2008
On November 13, 2007 a minor painting by Andy Warhol sold for $21 million at a Christie’s auction of post-World War II and contemporary art, in New...
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debbie-lee-wesselmann's picture
Jul.25.2008
Recently, a friend pointed me to a blog on Galley Cat that bemoaned the dwindling enthusiasm in the blogosphere to review books.  It seems that...
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kevin-simmonds's picture
Oct.03.2008
I'm reading with Jewelle Gomez and Marvin K. White at the Polk Street Good Vibrations, the San Francisco institution for all things sexual, on...
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everest-alexander's picture
Oct.02.2008
After watching the Vice Presidential debate last night I must confess that Sarah Palin certainly got my vote - For Mrs. Alaska that is. Governor...
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robert-bicknell's picture
Oct.02.2008
When you are the parent of a small child, strange and wonderful situations will arise when you least expect it. For example, my daughter is almost ...
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lina-ru's picture
Oct.02.2008
by Lina Ru
Sometimes we believe others have understood what we have just said, but is our belief true? How can you be sure he has seen your point? There are so...
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edmund-jenks's picture
Oct.02.2008
Sarah Palin and Joe Biden after Thursday's vice presidential debate. Image Credit: Ron Edmonds, Associated Press Palin Delivers Hope In Protecting...
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jennifer-kathleen-gibbons's picture
Oct.02.2008
Lately I've tried to be positive. This has not been easy.Lately everything seems out of whack, and sometimes I wonder um, does anyone notice what's...
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jorge-richard-guerrero's picture
Oct.02.2008
Besides the rules of ethics and chivalry, here are ten simple reasons why men should not argue with angry women.  Their words are sharper than sword...
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jorge-richard-guerrero's picture
Oct.02.2008
Courting an Ilocana? How do you say “Do you love me?” in Iluko? Here are some ways: Ay-ayatennak? (Do you love me?) Patpatgennak? (Do you love me...
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alyson-mead's picture
Oct.02.2008
As an editor and ghostwriter, I've sent more authors out on tour than I can count. And, like many writers, that was fine for awhile. I've preferred...
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delia-cabe's picture
Oct.02.2008
Here's a wonderful essay that appeared in The New York Times Book Review, September 28, 2008, which celebrates a great editor:  "What My Copy...
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