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  • Being East

    The clock on my dashboard says 10:45, but my head says it’s 7:45. Current location: somewhere northeast of Dayton, OH. Current miles driven: 1787.9 Current state of being: Surprisingly refreshed Most reassurring news received today: It was 114 in Phoenix again today

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  • The Night

    One of the downsides of driving at night is that it’s incredibly boring. Especially this part of Texas. Miles down: 801Miles to go today: 176Miles to DC: 1324 (roughly) And yes, I am blogging from the passenger seat of my moving car. Welcome to the future; the future is now!

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  • Lorna Dee Cervantes and I were given generous mentions in Rigo’s post at the National Book Critics Circle Board of Directors Blog. Rigo discusses the role of the chapbook in contemporary publishing. Thanks! CRITICAL MASS: SMALL PRESS SPOTLIGHT: PRAISE THE CHAPBOOK

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  • Hola, Vaya Con Dios

    Thanks for listening to my deertastic rants, my gushing over reality TV. I’d say it’s been real, but what does “real” even mean anymore? Edited to fit a half-hour? Snipped to the size of Tila Tequila? I hope I’ve been mildly entertaining while your real hostess-with-the-mostess has been away. If I haven’t — well, you

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  • Sorry everyone. I’ve been a bad guest blogger — my lack of posts belies only a crazy end-of-semesterness, and some terrible weather hasn’t helped. But tonight, my friends Julie and Angie made the trek from where they teach in Barnesville, OH and we watched this faaaabulous movie: Beautiful Thing (1996) follows the story of two

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  • I have one thing to ask you: Do you wanna be on top? I guess it’s no shocker that I love America’s Next Top Model. My boyfriend hates hates HATES that show, saying only that he can’t stand to see women judged so shallowly. “But they’re metaphors,” I say. I tell him I watch it

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