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Small Town Cinderella At the tiny amusement park where I worked, my costume smelled, the pirate boat had an awful driver, and the teacup ride could've taken a kid's leg off. Story Land was no Disney World.
By Meg Favreau |
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At a Crossroads I spent four years at Harvard. A year in Japan. And then two at my parents' house in Reading, Pennsylvania. An excerpt from a new illustrated book.
By Kate T. Williamson |
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Tales of a Home Shopping Employee How fake diamonds, meat by mail, and Marie Osmond turned an aspiring fiction writer into a QVC employee...and shopper.
By Meg Favreau |
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Welcome to America...You're Under Arrest As a Pakistani living in the U.S., I spent a night in jail over an unpaid speeding ticket. I was denied citizenship because of a DUI. And I was mistaken for the guy who beat me up.
By S. Abbas Raza |
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Santa™ What sort of insanity inspires a winter trip to the Arctic Circle to meet Saint Nick? The easy answer: Christmas mania. But that's not the whole story.
By Jason Wilson |
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Confessions of a Community Theater Critic It's not a gig for the weak of heart. It's for the eternal optimist,
the dead-end journalist who doesn't believe in dead ends.
By John Barry |
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Acts of Confession Christian hookups, stolen sandwiches, a sexy weekend in Duluth, and the most stupid argument ever. A video essay in multiple acts.
By Dave Mondy |
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Drama and Melodrama One person tells another that they no longer want to grow old with them, and the toast pops up. Notes towards a definition of maturity.
By Alain de Botton |
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Forgive Some Sinner His father was one of the greatest sportswriters of Sports Illustrated's golden age. And then it all fell apart. Now, a son tries to make sense of his father's legacy.
By Mark Kram Jr. |
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Chasing Gauguin's Ghost The artist's critics argue that he was unpleasant and a misogynist. I don't disagree. Yet, as with a potentially dangerous lover, I followed him. To Polynesia.
By Heather Waldroup |
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