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05/05/2022

The Senior Song Book

Making music with best old friends

by Marvin Weisbord

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06/06/2019

Everything Desirable

Memories of Philadelphia living

by John Capista

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05/30/2019

#MeSomething

Contemplating desire and sex appeal in a #metoo world

by Ellen Carr

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12/18/2018

Lotsa Matzo In Kolkata

Observing Jewish Kolkata

by Daniel Asa Rose

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01/25/2017

I Could Die

An anti-medical, anti-death, anti-memoir

by Matt Nesvisky

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06/07/2016

Time, Money, Happiness

On mortality & the difficulty of buying a mattress

by Elisa Gabbert

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10/26/2015

The Aging Face

On viewing my wrinkles through Proust, Rembrandt, and plastic surgery textbooks

by Alyssa Pelish

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04/06/2015

Loopy Numerology

The twisting journey from faithlessness in Philip Levine's "28"

by Kelly Cherry

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11/10/2009

Young Lady

On a seemingly polite but nevertheless questionable title.

by Miriam N. Kotzin

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