First Person

First Person, Humor
August 4, 2015
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An Open Letter to Wes Anderson about a Potential Film Loosely Based upon My Life

“Pastel condos, mumbling Cubans, Owen Wilson serving as a metaphor for pretty drowning. The Rolling Stones’ “19th Nervous Breakdown” playing in the carefully choreographed background.” Amy Suzanne Parker pitches Wes Anderson a movie sorta based on her life.

by: | August 4, 2015
First Person, Humor

“Pastel condos, mumbling Cubans, Owen Wilson serving as a metaphor for pretty drowning. The Rolling Stones’ “19th Nervous Breakdown” playing in the carefully choreographed background.” Amy Suzanne Parker pitches Wes Anderson a movie sorta based on her life.

First Person
July 16, 2015
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I Coulda Been a Contender!

“Back in the 1970s, almost everyone I knew was writing poetry – or at least trying to.” Steve Slavin recounts life as a poet (and economist).

by: | July 16, 2015
First Person

“Back in the 1970s, almost everyone I knew was writing poetry – or at least trying to.” Steve Slavin recounts life as a poet (and economist).

First Person, Humor
July 9, 2015
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The People I Hate

“One of the guys I hate doesn’t know I exist, and I only hate him because of the way he rode his bike. That sounds mean, I know, but he rode it in a real holier-than-thou kind of way.” Robin Wyatt Dunn hates some guys. This is where the list currently stands.

by: | July 9, 2015
First Person, Humor

“One of the guys I hate doesn’t know I exist, and I only hate him because of the way he rode his bike. That sounds mean, I know, but he rode it in a real holier-than-thou kind of way.” Robin Wyatt Dunn hates some guys. This is where the list currently stands.

First Person
June 24, 2015
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I Lurked on White Supremacist Websites So You Don’t Have To

“I’ve spent a couple of hours recently wandering down rabbit-holes of Internet filth. I’ve been reading the comments sections on white supremacist websites.” Ken Honeywell has a professional opinion. (And a few unprofessional ones.)

by: | June 24, 2015
First Person

“I’ve spent a couple of hours recently wandering down rabbit-holes of Internet filth. I’ve been reading the comments sections on white supremacist websites.” Ken Honeywell has a professional opinion. (And a few unprofessional ones.)

First Person
June 10, 2015
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Foolish, Fraught, and Abandoned

“I updated my Goodreads app to let the world know: I’m doing this.” Robin Beery recalls some summer reading projects that may or may not have been a good idea at the time.

by: | June 10, 2015
First Person

“I updated my Goodreads app to let the world know: I’m doing this.” Robin Beery recalls some summer reading projects that may or may not have been a good idea at the time.

First Person, Meaning of Life
June 3, 2015
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The Line Between Madness and Magic

“I know it’s nothing. I understand sleep paralysis and exploding head syndrome and all the peculiarity that happens between wakefulness and sleep. I doze. I can’t sleep though.” Anisha Vichare on these and other mysteries of life.

by: | June 3, 2015
First Person, Meaning of Life

“I know it’s nothing. I understand sleep paralysis and exploding head syndrome and all the peculiarity that happens between wakefulness and sleep. I doze. I can’t sleep though.” Anisha Vichare on these and other mysteries of life.

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