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Elizabeth A.I. Powell on Rituals and Spells so Nothing Heinous Happens [by Nin Andrews]
It’s Easter Sunday, and I'm remembering how my father used to equate religion and superstition. He practiced both, just in case. He made me practice them, too, insisting that I go to church, understand…
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Major Jackson: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
________________________________________________________________________ A Grandfather’s Lecture If punched, you punch twice as hard, and in the face, a wop right in the nose. Use the…
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Hans Christian Andersen’s “Tin Soldier” as Adapted by Jon Voight [by Joe Lehman]
In the early summer of 1996, just before I turned thirteen and a few years before the Internet conquered the world, I used to frequent several independently-owned video rental stores. One evening I rented…
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“The Laughing Heart” [by Charles Bukowski]
your life is your lifedon’t let it be clubbed into dank submission.be on the watch.there are ways out.there is light somewhere.it may not be much light butit beats the darkness.be on the watch.the gods…
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Tales of the Sixties: My Father Delivers [by Alan Ziegler]
In 1966, my father buys an Arnold bread route in Astoria. Technically, he is self-employed—he owns the truck and the territory, and he buys the bread from Arnold then resells it to the…
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Come unto Dance, worshippers of true Spring: June Events 2022 [by Tracy Danison]
Evening in the dance quarter at the Cartoucherie arts complex, Bois de Vincennes, Paris. Photo © Patrick Berger HERE'S ANOTHER THING for the Paris dance-performance experience bucket list. It’s true I wrote hopefully about…
