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At the dinner party she was seated next to a very attractive woman in her late twenties, a red head who introduced herself to Izzy…

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Since New Year's Day, I have worked every day because the world premiere of THE DREAMERS AND I, a film I worked on, was in…

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Years ago, late at night in her Chicago hospital bed, after some struggles, some dementia-fueled trips to an Old Russia she never visited, Momma died.…

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I stood on the side of the road, bags stacked next to me, coat plastered to my shivering form. The taxi pulled away, job done…

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The knoc on the door continued, it's softer at first.Then louder.Agatha shook her head to clear it, her coughing was getting worse and with the…

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Every season has its smell, its olfactory power, so that when you recall it, senses wake up: the taste of fresh baked sugar cookies mixed…

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Barbara sat slumped on the edge of a bed. The dim bulb overhead struggled to fill the dingy motel room with light. Details were hard…

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At 18, Agatha was a wife. At 22, she was a widow. The stabbing pain of that loss engulfed her. It was her mother who…

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The World - if I'm going to anthropomorphize her , I should capitalize her, right?- THE WORLD is a busy thing. A very large and…

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In the depths of a mountain, coiled on a pile of gold, lay a dragon. It was an ancient being. When the kingdom outside was…

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I can’t speak for her; I can’t speak for my daughter Susan. She is—was—the daughter of a woman—me—who refused to die. I am the mother.…

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Con men and snake oil salesmen have always been with us, both in literature and, sadly, in life as well: The Bible has plenty of…

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