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    A time of wonder

    OCTOBER 17, 2012 10:10AM

    By Alysa Salzberg


    Topics: childhood, wonder, musings

    • Editor's Pick
    • 44 Ratings
    • 2830 Views
    • 61 Comments
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    The Tao of Beauty

    SEPTEMBER 14, 2012 1:56PM

    By Joan H.


    Topics: mother and daughters, ralph lauren, a tree grows in brooklyn, thoughts on beauty, childhood

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 1126 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    My Brief Career as a Child Labor Organizer

    MARCH 21, 2012 9:12PM

    By Rodney Roe


    Topics: work ethic, childhood, labor relations, unemployment, family

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 1481 Views
    • 37 Comments
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    Ice and Fire

    FEBRUARY 23, 2012 7:56PM

    By Desnee Flakes


    Topics: open call, essay, childhood, family

    • Editor's Pick
    • 25 Ratings
    • 2203 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    Complicity

    FEBRUARY 22, 2012 1:09PM

    By Rebecca Morean


    Topics: politics, family, social justice, childhood, 4-h, parenting, racism

    • Editor's Pick
    • 21 Ratings
    • 3507 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    Why I Hate Bars

    JANUARY 30, 2012 11:45PM

    By Pensive Person


    Topics: childhood, parents, relationships, drunk, police, silent, forgotten, phone number, elementary, blizzard, christmas

    • Editor's Pick
    • 17 Ratings
    • 1851 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    Marigolds and Mary

    JANUARY 30, 2012 6:54PM

    By beauty1947


    Topics: childhood, trauma, death of a friend, family, friend

    • Editor's Pick
    • 17 Ratings
    • 1021 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Godzilla in our front yard, viewed from sons' window

    JANUARY 12, 2012 12:45AM

    By SnippytheGrammarDog


    Topics: what is truly frightening in my teenage sons' room, childhood, godzilla, the view from my window

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 1390 Views
    • 30 Comments
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    The Soggy Saint

    DECEMBER 13, 2011 10:53PM

    By Gary Justis


    Topics: the truth about santa, family, comedy, childhood

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 1124 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Grandfather frost, 3 sheets to the wind

    DECEMBER 13, 2011 8:44PM

    By takingadvice


    Topics: new year's eve, new year, memory, childhood, russia, celebration, drinking, holidays, christmas, open salon, the truth about santa

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 1742 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Party in the Art Room Closet

    OCTOBER 27, 2011 9:59AM

    By Kim Brittingham


    Topics: childhood, teachers, creativity

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 2382 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Gossip Queen

    OCTOBER 17, 2011 4:16PM

    By Lizz Schumer


    Topics: open call, interview with my bully, feminism, childhood, gossip, mean girls, bullying?

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 1119 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    Shorondra Reynolds -- Baltimore Memories

    OCTOBER 17, 2011 3:17PM

    By Willett .


    Topics: baltimore, childhood, willett thomas, memories

    • Editor's Pick
    • 21 Ratings
    • 2485 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Being a Bystander Made Me a Bully

    OCTOBER 13, 2011 11:22PM

    By Paul Fornale


    Topics: education, justice, courage, fear, school, childhood, bully, bullying, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 1433 Views
    • 54 Comments
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    On Bullying & the Anti-Bullying Message

    OCTOBER 10, 2011 11:33AM

    By Sulaco


    Topics: interview with my bully, open call, bullying, childhood, new jersey

    • Editor's Pick
    • 1 Ratings
    • 633 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Recipe by Babette, Baked by Dolores

    JULY 6, 2011 4:39AM

    By Roy Cruz


    Topics: childhood, creative non-fiction, cooking, food/drink, movies, open+call, gay/lesbian, comedy, open call, saved by pop culture

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 1058 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    I wasn't artsy, I just didn't have the money not to be

    JUNE 8, 2011 5:29PM

    By Lizz Schumer


    Topics: open+call, feminism, kids, style, fashion, childhood, mortifying disclosures

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 1304 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    The Glass Slipper

    MAY 18, 2011 7:52AM

    By Elise Wiener


    Topics: psychology, romance, love, memoir, childhood, feminism, women

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 1357 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    My First Musical Crush, Revisited

    APRIL 25, 2011 3:04PM

    By MissMusicNerd


    Topics: childhood, crush, memoir, daryl hall

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 1297 Views
    • 32 Comments
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    Mom, Unfazed

    MARCH 25, 2011 10:38AM

    By cindy Prochnow


    Topics: childhood, family

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