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Barbara Hamby: Ode to My Younger Self 

You were so beautiful and stupid though you thought
you were smart, and in a way you were,
because you loved poetry and Beethoven and apples

April 8, 2024 · 19 Comments

Jenny Davidson: What makes a sentence a masterpiece?

The first sentence of any novel works as an invitation into a new world. Sometimes that invitation is so powerful that the sentence itself takes on a life of its own.

June 15, 2019 · 1 Comment

Marc Jampole: Zombies, Vampires, and Republicans — Oh My!

As far as I can tell from common usage, a zombie is a former human being whose dead body has been reanimated. Zombies walk around in a stiff stupor and … Continue reading

January 19, 2016 · 1 Comment

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