Wednesday, February 8, 2012

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Amuse

ESSAY

If we stay here long enough, the family fun might never end.

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Go With the Floe: Reveling Without a Cause

HUMOR

Chris Ryan watches Finns drink their way up the creek with homemade paddles.

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Of Lusty Summer the Passing Goodly Queen

POETICS

Uche Ogbuji recounts a frenetic summer month of business and poetry.

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Of Sliding Rocks and Summer

TRAVEL

Taking the plunge while you still can.

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Depth Charge

MEMOIR

If this story isn’t true, why is it categorised as memoir? Because Steve Sparshott – and 29 others – remember a small school’s big event of Summer 1989. And while they’ll agree that it didn’t really happen, they’ll continue to tell the story.

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The Barefoot Summer

ESSAY

Jennifer Duffield White quit her job, took off her shoes, and starting walking barefoot towards Montana.

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Snake in the Birdhouse

ESSAY

Mary Richert takes a trip home to Louisiana to find a snake has invaded the sanctity of the bird house. The resulting day-long standoff with the snake leads to lessons about guns, wildlife, family, and the proper use of alcohol in the afternoon.

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