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On Magic [by Victoria Kelly]
Because my first novel, Mrs. Houdini, is about the famous illusionist’s wife, sometimes I am asked whether I believe in magic. When I was living in Ireland, that magical isle, in 2008 as a…
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On Bedtime and Books [by Victoria Kelly]
For three years, before I had my own children, I was a Court Appointed Special Advocate to two little girls living in the foster care system. As a CASA, I visited these girls weekly—at…
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“He was out!”: On Meeting Yogi Berra
Editor's note: I was going through boxes of old photos when I came across this gem. It's a picture of our good friend Jamie Katz in conversation with Yogi Berra. There had to be…
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David Lehman Returns to the American Scholar with the Challenge That Started It All
Let’s Do It Again A new crowd-sourced sonnet, one line at a time By David Lehman I’m glad to be back at the helm of “Next Line Please.” I needed the three-month hiatus and…
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On Being a Military Spouse [by Victoria Kelly]
As a guest blogger whose debut collection is about my experiences as a military pilot’s spouse, I would certainly be remiss in not commenting on this part of my life. In my poem, “Heroes,”…
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Victoria Kelly Guest Author October 5-9
This week we welcome Victoria Kelly as our guest author. Victoria graduated from Harvard, Trinity College Dublin, and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in The Best American Poetry 2013 and literary…
