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Basketball, John Lennon, and a Helicopter, Sunday, January 26, 2020
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Basketball, John Lennon, and a Helicopter, Sunday, January 26, 2020

From: The Sunday Book

Personal essays exploring topics such as the journey through middle-age, anxiety and modern life, aging and loss, confronting the complexities of being a parent in the Anthropocene, living with a … 8 $0.80 Add
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Caesura

Caesura

From: Double Melancholy

This chapter takes the form of a dialogue between the author’s inner voices as they try to establish an identity. The material is presented as dated journal entries with commentary. 3 $0.30 Add
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Credo
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Credo

Chapter Eleven

From: A Friend Sails in on a Poem

Personal essays on the friendship between Phillis Levin and author Mary Peacock. 6 $0.60 Add
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Disturbing the Peace

Disturbing the Peace

From: Blank

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Glenn Gould and the Mouse

Glenn Gould and the Mouse

From: Ordinary Paradise

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How does colonialism work?

How does colonialism work?

From: My Conversations with Canadians

The author discusses colonialism and decolonization 4 $0.40 Add
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How to Say Banana in Kiswahili
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How to Say Banana in Kiswahili

From: Tongues

Languages: Kiswahili, English. On language, food, and culture. 7 $0.70 Add
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I Want to Be a Park Dad
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I Want to Be a Park Dad

From: Send Me Into the Woods Alone

The essay "I Want to Be a Park Dad." 6 $0.60 Add
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Manufacturing Mephistopheles

Manufacturing Mephistopheles

From: Be Scared of Everything

The essay titled "Manufacturing Mephistopheles." 7 $0.70 Add
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Sonnet's Shakespeare

Sonnet’s Shakespeare

From: Refuse

Sonnet L’Abbé grapples with history and with literary inheritance, as she works with and against what is one of the most overdetermined traditional literary forms. 3 $0.30 Add
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Tantrum Series
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Tantrum Series

Part Two: Body

From: Good Mom on Paper

Part Two: Body 6 $0.60 Add
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The Island

The Island

From: Before I Was a Critic I Was a Human Being

The author discusses her time visiting Fogo Island in Newfoundland, and reflects on the genocide of the Beothuk people who once lived there. 14 $1.40 Add
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What would Jesus's Robot Do?
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What would Jesus’s Robot Do?

From: Touch Anywhere to Begin

The essay “What would Jesus’s Robot Do?” reflects on Bill the cowboy, illness, rehabilitation, and death. 12 $1.20 Add
wihtikow

wihtikow

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Nitisanak

wihtikow

From: Nitisanak

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Beeps and Boops

Beeps and Boops

From: Be Scared of Everything

The essay titled "Beeps and Boops." 4 $0.40 Add