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    Young Writer Takes CHarge

    SEPTEMBER 19, 2011 8:14PM

    By Benton Savage


    Topics: mental health, bipolar, books

    • 93 Ratings
    • 496911 Views
    • 110 Comments
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    25 Things I Learned From Opening a Bookstore

    JANUARY 20, 2012 10:10AM

    By jlsathre


    Topics: readers, business plans, book stores, books

    • Editor's Pick
    • 81 Ratings
    • 76598 Views
    • 99 Comments
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    Kids Say the Darndest Things About Gay Marriage

    JUNE 17, 2009 4:04PM

    By the stand-in


    Topics: belief and religion, family, gay/lesbian, politics, books, parenting, gay parenting, preschool, education

    • 80 Ratings
    • 3947 Views
    • 102 Comments
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    Dear Mom, A Thank You Note

    FEBRUARY 4, 2010 11:58PM

    By Owl_Says_Who


    Topics: wonder how the tags will arrange themselves, mrs michaels this had nothing to do with you and everything to do with the spirit, i write in relative anonymity so that i can speak my truth without messing with truth as potentially possessed by others, it is nearly friday but this is true, gay/lesbian, family, belief/religion, i would say open call but what would it be answering except the call to figure something out, this helps so thanks for reading, feminism, books

    • Editor's Pick
    • 74 Ratings
    • 2939 Views
    • 88 Comments
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    What Happened to Speling, Grammer and Geografie?

    DECEMBER 23, 2009 3:35AM

    By john blumenthal


    Topics: chico marx, napoleon, brahms, alexander the great, books, comedy, sports, media, michigan, brazil, gps, geography, grammar, spelling, spelling bee, school district, pitcher, picture, alright, katmandu, nascar, burger king, dangling participle, gerund, visigoths, neanderthal man

    • Editor's Pick
    • 73 Ratings
    • 3349 Views
    • 97 Comments
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    I May Have to Wear a Thong to Sell My Next Novel

    FEBRUARY 2, 2010 3:02AM

    By john blumenthal


    Topics: national bookm award, unpublishable, female author, hairy chest, cleavage, george sand, rejected, pseudonym, mystery, lady dick, irene denisovitch, mom sawyer, mrs. ulysses, hemingway, thong, bra, three-inch heels, carpenter, testicles, west coast agent, agent, comedy, business, books

    • 72 Ratings
    • 1384 Views
    • 130 Comments
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    This is What Open Salon is All About - A Photo Essay

    MARCH 14, 2011 10:39AM

    By Linda Seccaspina


    Topics: photography, fashion, xeononlitxl, having flaws, freedom of choice, fillmore, words of love, poetry, tiger mothers, elitism, writers, getting along, he can't read anyways, not charlie sheen, margaret keane, thierry mugler, prints, art work, blogs, books, literature, unruly mob, unrest, bloggers, open salon

    • Editor's Pick
    • 66 Ratings
    • 9250 Views
    • 115 Comments
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    A Survivor's Take on: "The Trauma Myth" by Susan A. Clancy

    JANUARY 22, 2010 7:44AM

    By Sparking


    Topics: ptsd, sexual abuse, trauma, news, feminism, books, open call, susan a. clancy, the trauma myth

    • Editor's Pick
    • 66 Ratings
    • 18489 Views
    • 91 Comments
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    The Sad State of Publishing; My Disastrous Holiday Book Tour

    DECEMBER 17, 2008 9:09AM

    By Bob Eckstein


    Topics: comedy, open call, snowmen, books, true story, recession story

    • 65 Ratings
    • 1997 Views
    • 93 Comments
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    Six Months to Life

    JULY 11, 2011 5:01PM

    By cartouche


    Topics: i wonder if the server will explode with all these images?, winston chruchill, photoessay, in pursuit of excellence, josiah citrin, melisse restaurant, two-star michelin chef, paris, louvre, cookbook, o'really?, books, comedy, food/drink, photography, travel

    • Editor's Pick
    • 65 Ratings
    • 2437 Views
    • 98 Comments
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    16 and Pregnant When Reality TV was Just Black and White

    FEBRUARY 16, 2011 10:46AM

    By Linda Seccaspina


    Topics: losing your religion, unwed mothers, adoption, street walkers, church, hookers, minister, white slave trade, adoption, quebec, teen moms, 16 and pregnant, baby broker, adoption, peacock babies, springer babies, rosen babies, hightower babies, montreal black market babies, cole babies, butterbox babies, belief/religion, books

    • Editor's Pick
    • 65 Ratings
    • 10673 Views
    • 155 Comments
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    Is Jane Austen Overrated?

    FEBRUARY 10, 2010 3:02AM

    By john blumenthal


    Topics: television, gossip, feminism, family, comedy, books, literature, romance novels, sarah silverman, nonsense and nonsensibilty, natalie portman, zombies, book discussions, blogs, websites, moby dick, melville, dickens, movies, miniseries, 1940, bbc, pbs, yorkshire pudding, sarongs, vindaloo, bollywood, mansfield park, sense and sensibility, emma, dickesn, pride and prejudice, jane austin

    • 65 Ratings
    • 4069 Views
    • 50 Comments
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    Right or Wrong?

    DECEMBER 18, 2009 3:12PM

    By Norman Nuveaux


    Topics: feminism, books, belief and religion, humor, health, comedy, news, atheism, environment, science, evolution, young earth

    • 64 Ratings
    • 1533 Views
    • 96 Comments
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    How to Promote Your Book and Annoy Friends

    MAY 2, 2012 10:05AM

    By Linda Seccaspina


    Topics: comedy, self publishing, create space writing a book, book tips, facebook, the raven, books, promotion, createspace, kindle, amazon, humor, humour

    • Editor's Pick
    • 64 Ratings
    • 5686 Views
    • 76 Comments
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    How I Got Thomas Pynchon’s Medical Records

    NOVEMBER 3, 2009 9:59AM

    By john blumenthal


    Topics: books, fiction, news, open call, thomas pynchon, great american novel

    • Editor's Pick
    • 60 Ratings
    • 3758 Views
    • 79 Comments
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    Not how I expected to get on Jeopardy!

    NOVEMBER 17, 2009 3:52PM

    By Dave Cullen


    Topics: books, jeopardy, tv

    • Editor's Pick
    • 60 Ratings
    • 5917 Views
    • 77 Comments
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    Good For You! Excuse Me If I'm Not Happy For Dan Brown

    SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 12:07PM

    By Bob Eckstein


    Topics: dan brown, books, literature, humor, cartoons

    • Editor's Pick
    • 59 Ratings
    • 3345 Views
    • 72 Comments
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    Scrooge Was Right about Christmas

    DECEMBER 22, 2010 11:31AM

    By john blumenthal


    Topics: belief/religion, books, comedy, family, food/drink, movies, ebenezer scrooge, scrooge, fred, industrial revolution, fop, bob cratchit, tiny tim, cholera, st. nick, sewage disposal, refuse, thames, england, british, cuisine, checkbooks, joyous, assisted living, rat-finfested, 1843, story, london, a christmas carol, christmas, dickens, royal family, miser, curmudgeon

    • 59 Ratings
    • 1566 Views
    • 66 Comments
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    From a Reader to the Personal Essayists of Open Salon

    OCTOBER 18, 2010 10:09PM

    By Brassawe


    Topics: personal essay, books

    • 59 Ratings
    • 3290 Views
    • 69 Comments
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    M. Chariot - 10 Utterly Captivating Books

    MARCH 27, 2010 12:34PM

    By Monsieur Chariot


    Topics: fiction, belief/religion, books, eckhart tolle, the power of now, oscar wilde, the picture of dorian gray, camille paglia, alfred hitchcock's the birds, ian mcewan, enduring love, colette, chéri, robert greene, the art of seduction, anita brookner, hotel du lac, paul bowles, the sheltering sky, christopher isherwood, berlin stories, the cloud of unknowing

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