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    In Which I Briefly Consider Punching Alan Ball in the Knee

    JULY 26, 2012 4:58PM

    By Deborah Puette


    Topics: personal essay, hollywood, true blood, television, comedy

    • 13 Ratings
    • 865 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    The Merciful Lie of 'I'll Call You' LA Times Piece

    JULY 9, 2012 9:27PM

    By Victoria Carlson


    Topics: la times, la affairs, personal essay, i'll call you, dating, relationships

    • 21 Ratings
    • 845 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    Look, Ma! I'm a Writer!

    JULY 6, 2012 7:29PM

    By Victoria Carlson


    Topics: la times, la affairs, personal essay, i'll call you, dating, relationships

    • 22 Ratings
    • 1274 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    Roberts and the Surprise of Judicial Temperament

    JUNE 28, 2012 4:49PM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: affordable care act, aca, chief justice john roberts, scotus, supreme court, chief justice supreme court, judicial temperament, jurisprudence, politics, news, obamacare, personal essay, opinion

    • 1 Ratings
    • 240 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    MELANCOLE-IA

    MAY 9, 2012 4:03PM

    By Salon Rox


    Topics: malpropisms, personal essay, memoir, genetics, mom, family, dad

    • 5 Ratings
    • 500 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Tale of an unemployed Renaissance woman

    FEBRUARY 23, 2012 12:08AM

    By Deena Douara


    Topics: open+call, open call, unemployment myths debunked, quarterlife crisis, unemployment, personal essay

    • 0 Ratings
    • 121 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Let that be a Lesson to Myself

    FEBRUARY 20, 2012 5:57PM

    By Shannon Goss


    Topics: personal essay

    • 3 Ratings
    • 480 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    My Awesome Career Part I

    JANUARY 22, 2012 9:05PM

    By elegant mistake


    Topics: creative writing, feces, humor, personal essay

    • 3 Ratings
    • 673 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    My Upcoming TV Appearance with Dr. Drew

    JANUARY 20, 2012 6:15PM

    By Dorri Olds


    Topics: personal essay, trauma, new york times, nytimes.com, rape, sexual assault, bullying, drug addiction, alcoholism, therapy, recoveryhealth

    • 12 Ratings
    • 878 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    My Own Triscadecaphobia

    JANUARY 13, 2012 5:20PM

    By Rodney Roe


    Topics: personal essay, family, business, home, economiy

    • 2 Ratings
    • 345 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Here We Come A-Haggling

    NOVEMBER 28, 2011 8:35AM

    By Rebecca Martin


    Topics: daughter, father, christmas tree, stepchild, stepfather, humor, personal essay, christmas, holiday, memoir

    • 0 Ratings
    • 185 Views
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    When Sleep Remains Elusive

    NOVEMBER 16, 2011 6:32AM

    By Donald Gardner Stacy


    Topics: psychology, personal essay

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    • 9 Ratings
    • 1421 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    Looking Up in Grand Canyon

    OCTOBER 26, 2011 4:25AM

    By Dorri Olds


    Topics: grand canyon, mother daughter, hiking, love, waterfalls, adventure, personal essay

    • 4 Ratings
    • 471 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    "MY COMEDY SKOOL FRESHMAN YEAR"! (OC)

    SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 2:53PM

    By Marilyn Sands


    Topics: education, humor, work clean, work blue, hecklers, gigs, late bloomer, always playing catch-up, killing, personal essay, stand-up comics, martin lawrence, jokes, open call, freshmen terms, freshmen orientation, open-mike nights, comedy clubs, food/drink, comedy, comedy is serious business

    • 11 Ratings
    • 827 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Lenore and I Wrestle with the Lump

    SEPTEMBER 20, 2011 1:02PM

    By Jane Underwood


    Topics: breast cancer, cancer, health, healing, death, illness, disease, milestones, medicine, medical, lumpectomy, mastectomy, metastasis, personal essay

    • 2 Ratings
    • 508 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    I went to detox and all I got was this lousy sobriety!!!

    AUGUST 29, 2011 12:50PM

    By Brian Westbye


    Topics: health, food/drink, change, growth, personal essay, rehab, detox, alcohol, life after quitting, open call

    • 0 Ratings
    • 89 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Well, that Happened

    AUGUST 24, 2011 3:35PM

    By Shannon Goss


    Topics: true story, personal essay

    • 1 Ratings
    • 577 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    The Worst Birthday Ever

    AUGUST 24, 2011 10:50AM

    By Laura Wilkerson


    Topics: personal essay, cancer, work, life

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 5924 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Getting Punched in my Stupid Fat Face

    AUGUST 13, 2011 4:31PM

    By Joseph Carr


    Topics: high school, lake erie, oh, ashtabula, growing up, family life, fighting, personal essay, nonfiction, memoir, comedy, open call, mortifying disclosures

    • 0 Ratings
    • 85 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    The Self-Indulgent Ick Factor

    JULY 25, 2011 7:47PM

    By Shannon Goss


    Topics: personal essay, true story

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