I was at the bar, worried my hair looked like Frankenstien’s bride, admiring your tan arms. My hands wiped air like napkins I don’t know what I expected them to say— didn’t know they were wilted sheets, surrender flags. When we watched the Bollywood movie, I wanted to be that girl who unfurled in a […]
Archive | February 11, 2013
S&R Nonfiction: “Irony,” by Michail Mulvey
“Can anyone give me an example of irony in Oedipus the King?” Silence. In the back, where he thinks I can’t see him, the P.E. major in ripped jeans and a t-shirt touting some brand of Tequila texts his girlfriend. The girl to his left checks her iPhone for messages. The kid to her left […]
ArtsWeek: Dinosaurs, dodo birds, books and novelists
After my first novel was published, I was invited to be on a panel at writing convention. In response to a question, I said that books and novels were endangered species. I was about to say the very act of reading might be as well, but I didn’t get to, because at that point the […]
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- I-5 bridge collapse: reflecting on our crumbling infrastructure
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- Magic Hat vs. West Sixth brewhaha: will MH win the battle that costs them the war?
- Mystery Unraveled: How a white, moderate, married, churchgoing, middle-class, middle-aged woman could vote for Obama
- An open letter to Burt Rutan, regarding his WSJ commentary on human-caused climate disruption
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- Pelosi on Bush: “He’s not worth impeaching”
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Frank Dilatush: If I accept your premise that the majority of poor…
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elfkat: Reblogged this on Adventures and Musings of a Hedg…
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Bret Higgins: You know me, mate, I checked out every link!…
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Samuel Smith: I hear you. I'm reminded of the WC Fields edict: I…
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