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Nothing

She says to him, “I’m sorry I made you sad,” and he thinks something like, Lady, you weren’t even on the radar, but hasn’t the heart to tell her so.  She says something about his job, says he’s better than that, says he should look for something else, and he just stares, stares across the [...]

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Battle Scars

“You can hide ‘neath your covers
And study your pain
Make crosses from your lovers
Throw roses in the rain
Waste your summer praying in vain
For a savior to rise from these streets.”
- “Thunder Road,” Springsteen, 1983.

Crunching, crunching.  Fallen leaves give way under Nick’s feet as he climbs from his Civic and heads to the door, pizzas in tow.  [...]

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New Literature

Listen, I had a professor say something recently that irked me a bit. I’m going to tell you about it.
We were reading a historical fiction novel in one of the graduate courses I’m taking. In this particular novel, the author elects to omit any usage of quotation marks. Allow me to demonstrate.
Instead [...]

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Here goes nothing

Well, I’m absolutely amazed that I remain alive. How about you? How are you feeling?
Goddamn, man, things have been crazy these past few months. I’ve lost count of the “I’ll never do that…” broken promises to myself that I’ve casually stepped over. And, you know, it’s turned out to be a [...]

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It’s a funny thing

Well, being suddenly abandoned by the one you care about most – it’s a funny thing what that does to you.  But as you all well know, opportunities come from strange places.  Suddenly, I find myself in graduate school a year earlier than I expected.  I find myself yearning to satisfy the perceived void in [...]

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I care about the you underneath this persona you’ve adopted. You can keep it up for awhile, but eventually the mask will have to come off. I know who you are. I’ve always known. You believe you can escape yourself, but you can’t. None of us can.
Go get lost in [...]

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A Green Iran

I cannot help but stand with the brave protesters of Iran, who are risking their lives in dissenting their government. Pictures of the Iranian bravery from Tehran and elsewhere are moving and inspiring. Never mind the question of the election’s legitimacy. The right of people to peacefully assemble in dissent of their [...]

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I was there, incidentally. I was there observing displays of Nazi propaganda on the fourth floor of the museum. I was there in the dark, cool room. Nazi-era video trumpeted in the background. Hitler’s distinctive voice roused crowds as he pounded on a podium and shook his fist – but that [...]

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