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What Really Happened When Lehman Brothers Fell [by David Lehman]
<<<Fortunately for the family, my uncles and brothers had liquidated most of their holdings in the firm by the time of its collapse in September 2008. Nevertheless, whether out of nostalgia or pure forgetfulness,…
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The Sweet Smell of Excess [ by Charles Coe ]
So here I am in the drug store once again, staring like a sunstruck mole at dozens of men’s deodorants, trying to find a single unscented one. Men’s deodorant comes in mind-boggling variety: “Wolfthorn”.…
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Megan Coles and Andreae Callanan Read, Curse and Pickle at Mallard Cottage
by Emily Deming Last Sunday, In the two original rooms of Mallard Cottage’s heritage structure, warmed by a large double-sided brick hearth, Andreae Callanan and Megan Coles read new fiction and poetry over plates…
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Remembering Easter, 1916 [by Terence Winch]
On Easter Monday of 1916, 150 or so Irish rebels took armed action against their British rulers, seizing the General Post Office (GPO) in Dublin. After a week of fighting, they lost to the…
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Hemingway Reassures Fitzgerald on His Penis Size [by Jim Cummins]
Jim Cummins initially filed this report in 2009. It has become a classic. — DL <<<Everybody my age knows about Hemingway's story about measuring F. Scott Fitzgerald's penis in A Moveable Feast, but maybe…
