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    The Little Death

    JANUARY 26, 2012 7:05PM

    By Lauren J Barnhart


    Topics: s&m, the paris review, religion, relationships, sex, literature, fiction, books, platform, michel houellebecq

    • Editor's Pick
    • 1 Ratings
    • 719 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Layers of Time and Existence

    JANUARY 9, 2012 6:41PM

    By Lauren J Barnhart


    Topics: books, belief/religion, environment, fiction, jeanette winterson, sexing the cherry, puritans, england, seattle, the view from my window

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 2710 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Norman Mailer's Combustible Ego

    DECEMBER 21, 2011 8:20PM

    By Lauren J Barnhart


    Topics: norman mailer, an american dream, books, fiction

    • Editor's Pick
    • 22 Ratings
    • 1569 Views
    • 31 Comments
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    The Body's Attainable Limits

    DECEMBER 12, 2011 8:54AM

    By Gary Justis


    Topics: art, invention, making, ideas, visualization, extending the body, prosthetics, materials, metals, fabrics, the body's limits, begining in the arts, art school, sculpture, humor, comedy, visual gags, puns, conceptual amputation, enhancing functionality, cyborg, analog robotics, design, environment, fiction, health, poetry, politics, science, technology

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 1050 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    Why I Wrote a Horror Novel

    AUGUST 31, 2011 2:40PM

    By MissMisk


    Topics: books, fiction, horror, literary

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 1065 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    The Science of Spoilers: Knowing the End Won't Ruin a Story

    AUGUST 23, 2011 3:22PM

    By E. Magill


    Topics: spoiler alerts, spoiler alert, plot twist, plot twists, writing, psychology, sociology, spoilers, books, television, science, fiction

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 1568 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Movie Review: Rise of the Planet of the Apes

    AUGUST 9, 2011 11:30AM

    By E. Magill


    Topics: fiction, entertainment, caesar, the planet of the apes, planet of the apes, rise of the planet of the apes, movie, film, reviews, films, movies

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 1162 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    Birth of a Book Cover: Norah

    AUGUST 1, 2011 5:00AM

    By janicephelpswilliams


    Topics: authors, fiction, irish history, irish americans, graphic design, illustration, books, fiction, book covers, art

    • Editor's Pick
    • 0 Ratings
    • 256 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Health Food and Right Hooks

    JULY 27, 2011 7:11AM

    By Jonathan Thornton


    Topics: college dorms, new age women, college women, autobiography, fiction, healthy diets, eating healthy, boxing, how to throw a right hook, pensacola news, heating and cooling bills, how to conserve energy, concerned environmentalists, apartments, tallahassee, neighborly, coffee, breakfast, travel, food/drink, fiction, economy, comedy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 32 Ratings
    • 1278 Views
    • 42 Comments
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    Why I Love Alcoholics

    JULY 15, 2011 12:47AM

    By Helvetica Stone


    Topics: it's never over til it's over, environment, fiction, gossip, family, alcoholics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 988 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    I Love Hermione Granger, Let Me Count the Ways

    JULY 13, 2011 11:10PM

    By Isalina Herself


    Topics: books, feminism, fiction, movies, entertainment, stories, hermione, hermione granger, harry potter, deathly hallows

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 1040 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    Creation of a Book Cover: "My Beginning" by Melissa Kline

    JULY 6, 2011 9:59AM

    By janicephelpswilliams


    Topics: art, books, young adult fiction, sci-fi, fiction, ya fiction, illustration, art

    • Editor's Pick
    • 56 Ratings
    • 1966 Views
    • 75 Comments
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    Cherished Handwritten Notes

    JUNE 17, 2011 1:12PM

    By Monsieur Chariot


    Topics: open+call, comedy, humor, the chariot foundation at shush castle, chariot institute, letter writing, handwriting, handwritten, handwritten notes, calligraphy, gentleman, mortifying disclosures, style, wealth, relationships, fiction, feminism, fashion, love, paris, parisian, mental illness, victorian era, pressed flowers, tt, romance

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 694 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    My Love of Charles Dickens

    JUNE 2, 2011 6:22PM

    By Jennifer Alderson


    Topics: my tiny hypocrisy, belief/religion, fiction, books

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 1040 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    North Pool Meltdown: Santa Plans Move to Hong Kong

    MAY 17, 2011 1:50AM

    By Daniel Rigney


    Topics: commercialization of christmas, santa claus, mrs. claus, business satire, business parody, satire, parody, child labor, human rights law, corporate conservatives, executive christmas bonuses, intimate, salacious, tabloid television, tabloid media, inquiring minds, congratulations matthew and beloit grads!, christie claus, north pole, north pool, north pool meltdown, hong kong, china labor market, toy industry, toy workers, toy sector, unions, santa icon, santa meme, climate change, global warming, reindeer, reinbot, santa's elves, elf taverns, open call, danagram, daniel rigney, belief/religion, comedy, economy, business, fiction, gossip, science, technology, television, travel, xmasinc. xmas, xmas inc.

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 734 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    I'm So Sorry, Mr. Robinson

    MAY 13, 2011 6:47AM

    By Backsight Forethought


    Topics: spider robinson, physicist, science fiction, afghanistan, soldiers, war, fiction, writing

    • Editor's Pick
    • 58 Ratings
    • 1532 Views
    • 78 Comments
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    Pareidolias in Akrata's Olive Orchards

    MAY 13, 2011 12:38AM

    By Algis Kemezys


    Topics: poetry, peloponnese, olive trees, olive-oil, akrata, greece, travel, belief/religion, animals, comedy, environment, fiction, photography

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 2090 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Top 10 Aliens in Film

    APRIL 27, 2011 8:36PM

    By E. Magill


    Topics: science fiction, sci-fi, fiction, top 10, aliens, film, entertainment, movies

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 1238 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Before Greg Mortenson and Three Cups of Tea

    APRIL 21, 2011 2:34AM

    By Thomas Gladysz


    Topics: fiction, feminism, books, margarete bohme, diary of a lost girl, three cups of tea, greg mortenson

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 2082 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    Yuri Gagarin

    APRIL 12, 2011 1:10PM

    By AOG


    Topics: space travel, travel, technology, science, fiction, belief/religion, yuri gagarin, gagarin, futurist, the future, future, space race, soviet union, russia, cccp

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