memoir
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This Is Jeopardy!
(Read about the first half of my tape day in my previous post.) I smiled when Ken read the categories for the Jeopardy! round: WATER EVERYWHERE, BESTSELLING FICTION, EAT LIKE A BRIT, MOVIE TITLE ROLES, U.S. FESTIVALS, IT’S FROM THE… Continue reading
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Is That Your Final Answer?
Read part one of my Who Wants to Be a Millionaire saga here. “Welcome to Millionaire!” Meredith Vieira said. “At just twenty-three-years-old, today’s contestant grew up on Millionaire and is now living a dream by being here today. From Harrisburg,… Continue reading
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On Journals, Part III: Tales of a Teenage Model
By high school, I had migrated to an online journal. Although it largely served as a platform for my terrible, Sylvia Plath-inspired poetry, my Xanga also recorded the momentous occasions of my life in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Perhaps most memorably, I… Continue reading
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On Journals, Part I: The Great Book Theft
I have never been able to keep a journal. Over the years, I have opened the blank pages of books bound in leather, decorated in faux gold leaf, or patterned in the kind of iridescent paisley marketed at teenage girls… Continue reading
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