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Choose a holiday and the color/colors you associate with the holiday Write a short story of 1000 or fewer words Or a poem of 40 lines or fewer Deadline for entry: January 1, 2024 Save the date February 16 @ 6:00 PM/Zoom Presentation of Winners PRIZES First Place: $125 Second Place: One Year’s Subscription to […]

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From Sweathog To Reader, or How Ice-Nine Saved Me

In a public high school in the Midwest, mid-1970s: Something I had said, done, written, or scored on an aptitude test got me slotted into advanced-placement English class. I don’t recall having any say in the assignment. Regardless, it wasn’t working; for me. Henry James? Steinbeck, Faulkner, the Brontë sisters, Fitzgerald? I didn’t get them. I

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