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It’s a Wonderful Life

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There Are No Rules: A Conversation with Jo Lloyd

  • Michael Welch
  • September 1, 2021
Jo Lloyd discusses her debut story collection, SOMETHING WONDERFUL.
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An Open Letter to George Bailey

  • Amy Shearn
  • December 20, 2017
"That’s right: George Bailey needs to chill. Don’t @ me."
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All My Visits from Santa

  • Sunanda Vaidheesh
  • December 11, 2017
Confession: I’m a Hindu who loves Christmas.
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The Dark Lady

  • Janet Pocorobba
  • January 13, 2017
In my imaginings, Ava was always a woman driving at night, a face behind glass in a shiny speeding vehicle, motoring down the road.
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Like a Rock

  • Summer Brennan
  • March 17, 2015
When I think about relationships that I idolize from literature, they are almost all friendships based on loyalty and adventure.
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The Sunday Rumpus Essay: The Living Desert

  • Tod Goldberg
  • March 16, 2014
"The simple truth of having lived in the desert for most of my life [is that] unprepared people don’t 'go missing' in the desert in the middle of summer. What happens is that they die."
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