Wednesday, February 8, 2012

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The Neighbors

APPRECIATION

Quirky neighbors lived in tolerant peace at a post-war apartment complex. It’s The Office meets Seinfeld, but not really.

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The Merry-Go-Round is Beginning to Taunt Me: An Exchange Between Cris Mazza and Davis Schneiderman

ESSAY

Davis Schneiderman and Cris Mazza discuss book publicity, the perils of the new media universe, leprechauns, and dogs.

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Despite Your Best Efforts, Sometimes You Get What You Intend

ESSAY

Part 3 of 3 in the Delusional Dog Chronicles, Quenby navigates stress by forcing an unpleasant arrangement upon her spouse.

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Stanley and I

ESSAY

A stereotypical story of true love, until Stanley’s prison guard, Quenby’s husband and her mother intervene.

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Sometimes a Thing Is Just a Thing, and Sometimes It’s Some Other Thing Altogether

ESSAY

Cruising the want ads for a pet is the sign for a milestone we didn’t know we had passed.

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Six Childhood Books That Traumatized Me

HUMOR

Young Tawni Freeland learns that the red fern grows between two dead dogs.

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From The Splendors of Death (7-10)

MEMOIR

We discover death when we are just kids. In this installment from The Splendors of Death, we get a peak at what two brothers find.

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Hell With The Lid Off

RANTS

At least it’s not Cleveland.

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The Devil All the Time: An Interview with Donald Ray Pollock

FICTION INTERVIEWS

A conversation with the author of Knockemstiff and the recently released The Devil All the Time. Chuck Palahniuk calls his work “more engaging than any new fiction in years.”

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