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May.18.2009
Azadeh Moaveni had written in Lipstick Jihad a fine memoir of being Iranian-American. Moaveni movingly describes the alienation she felt growing up...
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May.23.2009
The anthology Come Together: Imagine Peace edited by Phillip Metres, Ann Smith, and Larry Smith was published in 2008 is produced after United States...
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May.25.2009
 Here's another Carol Tarlen poem written long before the recession.  Inflation Achieves a Single DigitUnemployment Rises to 8.9%By Carol Tarlen Our...
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May.26.2009
The following is reprinted from Alternative Information Center: sraeli Police Forcefully Close an International Literature Festival in East Jerusalem...
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May.27.2009
Governor Schwarzenegger’s proposed cuts of $5.1 billion would wreck havoc on the lives of millions of Californians while President Obama told...
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May.30.2009
For years adults have told students to stay in school, but not this summer.  The head ofLos Angeles Unified Schol Distrct announced that ALL summer...
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Jun.02.2009
I had an illegal abortion when I was nineteen. I went to Juarerz, Mexico, because I wanted to have a doctor, anesthesia, and a nurse. When I returned...
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Jun.08.2009
So this morning in my email, there was an email telling me that 40 House Democrats can stop these wars by voting against the $95 supplemntal billion...
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Jun.13.2009
I'm happy that my television is now completely not working. I have a 4 year-old TV/DVD player.  Six months ago I duly sent away for two convertor...
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Jun.14.2009
With my TV dark I've been learning about the wonderful American composer Aaron Copeland. The CD I have is called Copland:  The Music of America. The...
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Mar.28.2010
There was no hyacinth smelling on Thursday.   I opened the bedroom draperies that morning to rain.  Later I saw from the deck that two or three more...
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Jan.20.2011
Walking towards the grocery store after finally finding a parking place in the very full lot, I met a young woman coming towards me from the store...
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Jan.23.2011
The lake beside our house has been a changing collage of black and white throughout the week.  The frozen places are covered with white snow; the...
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Feb.24.2010
NOTHING ROUSES THE BLOGGER out of a post-holiday hiatus like news that Ken Starr has been named the new president of his alma mater. It's true. The...
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Feb.10.2010
We were sitting at the Slanted Door down on the Embarcadero a few years ago, watching a procession of young, swan-like and striking women walk...
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Jan.01.2010
The easiest characters are those with baggage included. OPRAH READ THIS > OPRAH, READ THIS is a collection of stories that each leverage the...
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Nov.01.2009
Dear Friends, This evening, I'm thinking of all of you who have taken on the challenge of National Novel Writing Month; of all of you who have simply...
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Apr.13.2009
Hey over at the City Lights Bookstore and Publishers Facebook Fan Page they’re giving away a free advance copy of The Peep Diaries: How We’re...
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Mar.01.2009
More than a week since my last post but I do have a good excuse.I’ve been working on my next book proposal. I wish you could just say to an editor...
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Dec.11.2009
Well it is bitterly cold today. Whoever decided to work out wind chill should be shot. I know it's cold, and knowing it is - 18C with the wind chill...
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