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phyllis-zimbler-miller's picture
Jul.13.2008
Racial prejudice is a theme in MRS. LIEUTENANT, which takes place in 1970 only six years after the Civil Rights Act became law in the U.S. and only...
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phyllis-zimbler-miller's picture
Jul.13.2008
After reading the review in the July 10th Daily Variety about HBO'S seven-part miniseries GENERATION KILL starting July 13, I really wished we got...
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belle-yang's picture
Jul.13.2008
Emily Dickinson was Chinese in another life. I'm sure of it. She is everything the Chinese love in art and life. Chinese literature: terse, tight...
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diane-lockward's picture
Jul.13.2008
I'll be reading this Tuesday, July 15, at the Cornelia Street Cafe, 29 Cornelia St, NYC. The reading begins at 6:00 PM. $7.00 cover charge buys you...
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diane-chamberlain's picture
Jul.13.2008
Life is funny sometimes.  Here's what happened: The book I just finished revising, After the Storm, involves the disappearance of a central adult...
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terence-clarke's picture
Jul.13.2008
75Ésta es la casa, el mar y la bandera. Errábamos por otros largos muros. No hallábamos la puerta ni el sonido desde la ausencia, como desde muertos...
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alex-grant's picture
Jul.13.2008
Back in NC after three weeks - trying to get everything back in order - but you don't want to hear about that boring stuff, plus it's kinda flitty,...
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chella-courington's picture
Jul.13.2008
i'm reading a poem i wrote more than 4 years ago when i returned to poetry after a 20-year-plus hiatus. event: sadako peace day, 2004, santa barbara...
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cheryl-l-snell's picture
Jul.13.2008
Do You Have Any Advice For Those of Us Just Starting Out? Give up sitting dutifully at your desk. Leaveyour house or apartment. Go out into the world...
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chella-courington's picture
Jul.13.2008
wonderful source of reliable information about now in el salvador:  <http://luterano.blogspot.com/> we can never forget carolyn forche's:  The...
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susan-brown's picture
Sep.20.2008
The first five loads are in various stages, with the next two loads ready to go and more loads that need to be sorted. What fun. I do miss having a...
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susan-brown's picture
Sep.20.2008
KidFour moved in almost five months ago. When she arrived, I told her she needed to meet certain expectations in order to be able to stay. This was...
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susan-brown's picture
Sep.20.2008
I promise--no maudlin self-pity this morning, or any other kind of self-pity, for that matter. My own fault for opening my home to troubled teens--I...
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susan-brown's picture
Sep.20.2008
Today was one of those days where I wonder why I got out of bed. It started out so well, too! I got up at four to take care of KidThree and stayed up...
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susan-brown's picture
Sep.20.2008
Okay, I admit it, I haven't got the phone calls made yet. I hate using the phone. Just hate it. Can't stand it at all. Just Do Not Like It. I will...
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susan-brown's picture
Sep.20.2008
Now I see how Weight Watchers and such works. Yesterday, because I had posted my goals for the day, I made sure each of them got accomplished. The...
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susan-brown's picture
Sep.20.2008
and hello in here. Sometimes I look into the mirror and think, "who is that woman and what has she done with my face (body, life, etc.)?"...
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susan-brown's picture
Sep.20.2008
Several months ago, I started a blog over on blogspot.com, this as part of my efforts to maintain my own mental health after a tremendously difficult...
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alex-ong's picture
Sep.20.2008
I'm a natural health author by accident. By accident? “Tragedy Turns Fatty Boy Into Health Author” For 18 months, Alex Ong, has been in and out of...
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keiko-amano's picture
Sep.20.2008
In '60s, a television program titled “The Seven Grand Kids” was popular in Japan.  The drama was based on Genji Keita's novel with the same title.  ...
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