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Dark Contagion
Sweet Bleaders, I like this discussion about suicide that has been going on around here. You guys are wonderful and I'm proud to be working with you. So I'll say something else too. …
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Is Suicide Contagious? [by DL]
Is suicide contagious? I'm afraid the answer is yes.In the last two weeks, the poet Deborah Digges and the painter Darragh Park joined David Foster Wallace and Tom Disch among the noteworthy writers and…
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Holy Wells Over Thin Places [by Merle Bachman]
Up Late… I teach on Tuesday and Thursday nights till 9:30 (and tonight, the students got so involved in their research projects, they actually lost track of the time–wonder of wonders!). It's a good…
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“The D on My Transcript” [by Nin Andrews]
Dear Professor, I am so sorry that I learned that a D showed up on my transcript and I just wanted to explain that it happened because I have monobecause I have the flubecause…
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Okay, I Got Nothing (by Laura Orem)
It's Tuesday, the semester's almost over, I have a cold, it's been raining a lot, and I am topic-less for this week's blog. So, what's up with you? All I can offer you today…
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“Ophelia Speaks” [by Ivana Kilibarda]
Ophelia Speaks (*Bonus Poem) I pinch my cheeks. My heart revives.Why loathe the color sweet?As he lies besides me, watch him sneaksugar cubes and huge amounts of wineAnd red, to fluster me. Imagine me…
