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the rumpus oral history project

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An Oral History of Myself #15: Neil Elliott

  • Stephen Elliott
  • January 8, 2016
This is probably one of those interviews where I should keep my mouth shut but you're my son.
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An Oral History of Myself #14: Judy

  • Stephen Elliott
  • March 30, 2011
Things didn't work out the way my mother wanted.
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An Oral History of Myself #13: Mato

  • Stephen Elliott
  • March 1, 2011
I went to a Catholic school. I was a shy kid and got beat up by girls. I would express myself through drawings; that's how I made friends. So when I transferred to the public school in fifth grade I had this chip on my shoulder.
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An Oral History of Love in Contemporary America: Selections from Us #5

  • John Bowe
  • April 27, 2010
Fred White, Age 86 Mission, Kansas “She was quite a doll and I didn’t want anybody else.” My wife, Helen, and I have been married sixty-five years. I met her…
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An Oral History of Love in Contemporary America: Selections from Us #4

  • John Bowe
  • April 13, 2010
Dominic Sclafani, Age 30 Tucson, Arizona “He’s like, ‘She’s going to eat you alive.’ And I go, ‘Yes, I know.’”
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An Oral History of Love in Contemporary America: Selections from Us #3

  • John Bowe
  • April 2, 2010
Betty Anne May, Age 80 Truth or Consequences, New Mexico “That man could turn me on by touching my little fingernail.”
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An Oral History of Love in Contemporary America: Selections from Us #2

  • John Bowe
  • March 26, 2010
Kayla James, Age 5 Bellingham, Washington “He had a lot of cool toys, and I really liked the toys.”
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An Oral History of Love in Contemporary America: Selections from Us #1

  • John Bowe
  • March 19, 2010
Brigitte Aiton, Age 44 New York, New York “How do you deal with the fact that the person you’re with might hate you?” It was the first summer we were…
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Starting the New Year Off with a Bang

  • Amy Yates Wuelfing and Steven DiLodovico
  • February 9, 2010
An Oral History of January 1, 1989: Circle Jerks Vs. Skinheads Greg Hetson (guitar, Circle Jerks/Bad Religion): Recently my daughter asked me if any skinheads ever came to Circle Jerks…
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Equinox Oral Histories #2

  • Daniel Nester
  • December 1, 2009
As part of Daniel Nester’s English 251: Interviews and Oral History class, students took trips down to Equinox, a community services center in downtown Albany, New York, to interview some…
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Equinox Oral Histories: “I Can Do This On My Own”

  • Daniel Nester
  • October 30, 2009
As part of Daniel Nester’s English 251: Interviews and Oral History class, students took trips down to Equinox, a community services center in downtown Albany, New York, to interview some…
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My First Kiss: An Oral History

  • Daniel Nester
  • October 23, 2009
“I have no idea what her name was.  Something Polish. It was a girl at a family reunion…” Selections from answers from interviews taken by students for English 251: Interviews and…
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