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INNOCENCE
“The reason for my silence on 9/11 is that I am not only Muslim. I am also American. I am also white. I am male and heterosexual. However, I am not asked, as an American, to reflect on the yearly...
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YOU V. YOU
do you listen to Radiolab? I love it. it’s like listening to a conversation on the radio, accompanied by what are usually pretty cheesy sound effects. they pick a theme each week, and like This...
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FIRST (AND SECOND) SLEEP
I inherited my mother’s inability to sleep. it’s troublesome, especially when you consider that she reportedly had no problem sleeping until she had children, and I’ve found it difficult at least since...
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(NEW ENGLAND) VAMPIRE PANIC
when I was in 6th grade we read The Witch of Blackbird Pond. I credit this novel with (1) my love of historical romance (Nat and Kit OMG), and (2) my obsession with the Salem Witch Trials (I swear to...
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CHEERS
“the best TV show that’s ever been made”? Cheers? really? I guess it’s the 30th anniversary of the first episode of Cheers, and that is a BIG DEAL. I’m slightly skeptical; I’ve seen a couple episodes...
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GRAPHIC
do you read graphic novels? I don’t. I have, but not regularly. I wish I did though. I don’t know why they’re not constantly on my TO READ list. seriously I’ve only read three and they are three of my...
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FEMINIST HISTORY
(from “The Paradox of Pluck: How Did Historical Fiction Become the New Feminist History?” by Lois Leveen in the September issue of the Los Angeles Review of Books.) Filed under: quoting, thinking
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DREAM HOMES: LEE MANOR
I’m in graduate school. I have no source of income. I have no idea where I’ll get a job next year when I graduate. I’m in no place to home, even if I were to look at reasonable 2 bedroom houses. so I...
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