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December 22, 2019/in Essays, Essays, Winter-Spring 2020 / Amanda Lopez, Issue 16: Winter/Spring 2020

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The Sign Language Alphabet, in Words

December 3, 2019/in Essays, Essays, Winter-Spring 2020 / Och Gonzalez

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Politics and Art

December 2, 2019/in Essays, Essays, Winter-Spring 2020 / Dara Herman Zierlein

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Friday Lunch Blog

Friday Lunch! A serving of contemporary essays published the second Friday of every month.

Today’s course:

How to Kill a Cat, or How to Prepare for CATastrophe

March 10, 2023/in Blog / Meghan McGuire

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The Night I Want to Remember

December 16, 2022/in 2023ws-migration, Blog / Sanaz Tamjidi

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From Paper to the Page

November 18, 2022/in 2023ws-migration, Blog / Annie Bartos

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Midnight Snack

Take a bite out of these late night obsessions.

Tonight’s bites:

Point Break & Top Gun Are More Than Homoerotic Action Movies

March 3, 2023/in Midnight Snack / Michaela Emerson

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Mending the Heart and Slowing Down: Reintroducing Myself to Mexican Cooking

October 7, 2022/in Midnight Snack / Megan Vasquez

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The Worth of a Billionaire’s Words

September 23, 2022/in Midnight Snack / Kirby Chen Mages

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Amuse-Bouche

Little bites every third Friday to whet your appetite!

Today’s plate:

On Such a Full Sea Are We Now

March 17, 2023/in Amuse-Bouche / Jemma Leigh Roe

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The Russian Train

February 24, 2023/in Amuse-Bouche / Cammy Thomas

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Still Life

October 31, 2022/in Amuse-Bouche / Daniel J. Rortvedt

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School Lunch

An occasional Wednesday series dishing up today’s best youth writers.

Today’s slice:

I’ve Stayed in the Front Yard

May 12, 2021/in School Lunch, School Lunch 2021 / Brendan Nurczyk

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A Communal Announcement

April 28, 2021/in School Lunch, School Lunch 2021 / Isabella Dail

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Seventeen

April 14, 2021/in School Lunch, School Lunch 2021 / Abigail E. Calimaran

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