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What Happened to Hot Toddy? (by Laura Orem)
Okay, I can't leave it alone. For your consideration: Hollywood murder mystery #3. Blonde, voluptuous, and bubbly Thelma Todd was a popular film comedienne of the late silent/early sound era. Born in Lawrence, MA…
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Selections from the Painted Bride Quarterly archives [by Daniel Nester]
I've edited many literary journals over the years, but the one I hold dearest is where I first cut my editorial teeth: Painted Bride Quarterly. One of the longest-running literary journals in the country,…
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What the minister counseled the small-bladdered groom before the ceremony:
Leak now, or forever hold your pee! (Groan.)
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Getting to Know: Mari L’Esperance [by Daniel Nester]
In which we interview writers asking the same questions asked of Ashley Tisdale by Juliette, editor of Miss O and Friends; see the original interview here. Mari L'Esperance is fierce. If she watched a…
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why I liked the little black leopard-skin pill box hat [by Dara Wier]
Corwin Ericson's broken bottles, Wendell, Massachusetts The City of New Orleans is a train. Like all well-behaved American trains it zips by backyards, left-over warehouses and parking lots, drainage ditchbanks and assorted boarded-up buildings. …
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Berlin Postcard: The Giants Find Each Other [by Katha Pollitt]
Saturday, October 3, was Reunification Day, the anniversary of the formal reuniting of East and West Germany in l990. Here in Berlin, where I am currently living, the big event was a weekend-long outdoor…
