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An Interview with Meg Pokrass and Jeff Friedman [by Nin Andrews]
Recently, I had the pleasure of reading a delightful collection of micro-fictions/prose poems: The House of Grana Padano by Meg Pokrass and Jeff Friedman. I have to confess that I was hesitant to open the…
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Happy birthday, Dean Martin
"I couldn't feel any better or I'd be sickTell me quick ain't love a kick in the head. . ."
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On D-Day (Just In Case) [by General Dwight D. Eisenhower]
On June 6, 1944, nearly 3 million Allied troops readied themselves to cross the treacherous English channel in less than ideal weather. On this day, the first 160,000 of those troops landed on…
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Emily Fragos: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
__________________________________________________________________________________________ The Sadness of Clothes When someone dies, the clothes are so sad. They have outlived their usefulness and cannot get warm and full. You talk to the clothes and explain…
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To Burn or Not to Burn: The Heir’s Ultimate Dilemma
<<< Nothing, but nothing, causes more posthumous difficulties for a writer’s heirs and friends than a request to burn a manuscript after death. It is a crystalline case of being damned if you do…
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Owning a Karelian Bear Dog [by Mitch Sisskind]
You've bought a Karelian Bear Dog, Now what? Does it have a name? Does it have a place to sleep? Food? Water? If you have a summer home Far from the city's hurly-burly then…
