I was a late comer to the David Sedaris party. While everyone I knew was going on and on about how funny he was, I was busy reading dark and depressing, serious “literature” or, you…
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everything i need to know about life i learned in creative writing
The other night while on the phone with a friend I threw out the idea that everything I need to know about life I learned in creative writing class. Or something like that. Of course,…
The ugly 8th grader
I spent a lot of time last night reading Lucy Grealy’s Autobiography of a Face. This is Grealy’s memoir of her life living with her face which was disfigured by a cancer that caused doctors…
Where Not to Be When the Lights Go Out
Having gorged myself on so much alone-time I was starting to go a little crazy, I decided to call my very favorite TTHM, and he wasn’t home. This of course, made me incredibly bratty and…