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Happy Holidays [by Laura Orem]
A confession – I'm not very prepared this week, having succumbed, as usual, the holiday insanity. Today I've got cookies, wrapping, and cleaning on the agenda, and, what with the rest of the holiday…
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RACHEL AND I ADDRESS THE ‘DUCK DYNASTY’ CONTROVERSY — RATED X! (by Mitch Sisskind)
Yes, rated X! But stay with it because John Milton comes up at the end! (ed note: warning, this is a frank discussion. You may not want to watch/listen if you are in a…
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On Cocktail Parties and Being a Poet by Vandana Khanna
This weekend is the beginning of an array of “holiday” festivities awaiting me—houses humming with sweater-adorned bodies sipping equally adorned cocktails. Everything smells vaguely of pine, cinnamon and candle wax. The food and…
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On Rejections by Vandana Khanna
Type in the word rejection into any search engine and you’ll probably get the images of writers and actors. Yes, it took me exactly three days of blogging to bring up rejection. I’m…
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Break-Up Poems by Vandana Khanna
This fall I’ve been teaching creative writing again in a traditional classroom with 20 year olds. Their smooth, unlined faces stare back at me with an array of emotions ranging from skepticism to wonder…
