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missed connections

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Missed Connection: White Teeth

  • Sarah Edwards
  • August 26, 2014
Scenario: you are on the train, you are sitting across from a man in a baseball cap reading, say, White Teeth, and in a matter of seconds you’ve visualized an…
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Readers Report: Missed Connections

  • Susan Clements
  • May 2, 2014
A collection of short pieces written by Rumpus readers pertaining to the subject of “Missed Connections.”
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Best Craigslist Missed Connection Ever—No, Seriously

  • Lauren O'Neal
  • August 8, 2013
A Twitter follower tipped us off to this Craigslist missed connection to end all Craigslist missed connections: My stop was Union Square, but at Union Square I decided to stay…
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FUNNY WOMEN #94: An Actual Missed Connection

  • Barbara Holm
  • February 19, 2013
This is a missed connection, and as such I am very sorry that our connection was missed, or maybe I’m not, I don’t know, because I’ve never met you.
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Chased By Bees – m4w – 45

  • Lauren O'Neal
  • November 19, 2012
Every Sunday, James the Stanton of Gnartoons posts an episode of Missed Connection Comix at San Francisco blog Uptown Almanac. The strip takes missed connection posts from Craigslist—the guy who…
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Missed Connections: The Rumpus Interview with Sophie Blackall

  • Sona Avakian
  • May 5, 2010
“Odd things happen in New York, which is why it’s such a great source of stories. Once I read a Missed Connection which took place on a train…”
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Book Cover Missed Connections

  • Michael Berger
  • April 1, 2010
“Such encounters are becoming increasingly difficult. With a growing number of people turning to Kindles and other electronic readers, and with the Apple iPad arriving on Saturday, it is not…
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