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wouldn’t it be interesting if

June 2, 2011

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Finish this sentence for yourself:
“Wouldn’t it be interesting if…”…

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showing up to a job interview naked

January 14, 2011

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showing up to a job interview naked

People sometimes ask where I work. Do I have an office? Do I work in bed? Yes, and yes, but I do my most productive work A) drunk-ish and B) sober, in cafes. My most favorite place in the world,…

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pig cheeks, a meal

January 11, 2011

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pig cheeks, a meal

Pork Jowels with Polenta at Parkside
At first smell: it’s as if apple pie had a one night stand with Wilbur
At first bite: Wilbur has been one lazy porker, sunning and snacking on Fern’s corn
The pork is soft,…

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girls named pinky

January 7, 2011

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girls named pinky

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A short at the Savannah Film Festival, Girls Named Pinky has stayed with me. Not so much the actual film, but the Q&A session with the director afterward. Before I go there, here’s how the notes I’d scribbled…

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rich dreams of bad things

September 17, 2010

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rich dreams of bad things

Pregnant at least 13 weeks. The doctor tells me she doesn’t think… “Well, I suspect your sac is light.” I ask that my husband come in to see. We just want to see all these moments, every chance we can.…

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putting the balls in football season

September 13, 2010

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putting the balls in football season

CAPTION: End of Summer – A Mindmap
All good things begin with a breakup. Now, we’re supposedly breaking up with summer and moving onto our next rebound with a fall. Someone needs to tell this to my pits. They’re in…

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greek tragedy: emerging from setbacks

August 4, 2010

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greek tragedy: emerging from setbacks

They passed. The networks passed. It’s not an easy thing to admit or even to look at, written out like that, so buck-naked.
I pitched a half-hour comedy series, focused on the lives of three former sorority sisters, and the…

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writerly lists

July 27, 2010

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writerly lists

I always wanted to stab a pair of cutting shears into the throats of people who said, “I’m in love with words.” Or “I’m a lover of language.” Who says that? I wish I could turn people like that into…

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