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    Looking Up in Grand Canyon

    OCTOBER 26, 2011 4:25AM

    By Dorri Olds


    Topics: grand canyon, mother daughter, hiking, love, waterfalls, adventure, personal essay

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    • 6 Ratings
    • 5943 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Getting Punched in my Stupid Fat Face

    AUGUST 13, 2011 4:31PM

    By Joseph Carr


    Topics: high school, lake erie, oh, ashtabula, growing up, family life, fighting, personal essay, nonfiction, memoir, comedy, open call, mortifying disclosures

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 3442 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    The Shoe With No Lace - Reflection from Auschwitz

    JUNE 15, 2011 2:08PM

    By beckalim


    Topics: reflection, children, family, parenting, personal essay, open call, my tiny hypocrisy, travel, holocaust, auschwitz

    • Editor's Pick
    • 26 Ratings
    • 7284 Views
    • 38 Comments
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    After 20 Years, I Want to See My Abusive Dad for His Money

    JUNE 15, 2011 6:08AM

    By Tony Kelso


    Topics: real families, child abuse, education, family, father’s day, fatherhood, my father as a person, my tiny hypocrisy, open call, personal essay, life stories

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 3009 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    Thanks, Arnold. Really, We're Over It.

    MAY 18, 2011 3:22AM

    By Ann Bancroft


    Topics: personal essay, california, politics, recall election, lies, infidelity, arnold schwarzenegger

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 2276 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    Addiction Du Jour: Bibliomania

    APRIL 14, 2011 9:34PM

    By Theo Ward


    Topics: personal essay, used books, libraries, bibliomania, bookaholic, books, addiction

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    • 23 Ratings
    • 2403 Views
    • 37 Comments
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    I'm Going to Clean Out The Garage This Time For Sure

    MARCH 18, 2011 1:22PM

    By suzie


    Topics: spring cleaning, personal essay, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 22 Ratings
    • 2265 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    black history month is for white people too

    FEBRUARY 10, 2011 2:20AM

    By Mimetalker


    Topics: open call, black history month, personal essay

    • Editor's Pick
    • 25 Ratings
    • 1430 Views
    • 26 Comments
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    Mirror, Mirror...who do you see?

    FEBRUARY 23, 2011 11:39PM

    By Mimetalker


    Topics: open call, personal essay, mirrors that cannot see who we are under skin, wish there were such things a soul mirrors...i'd like to see how my spirit is coming along

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 3002 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Sit, Stay, Heal: One Dog’s Response to Catastrope

    JULY 29, 2010 10:54AM

    By Lee Harrington


    Topics: therapy dogs, true story, personal essay, giuliani, relationships, terrorist attacks, dogs

    • Editor's Pick
    • 20 Ratings
    • 5727 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    Me and Barbequed Rattlesnake

    JANUARY 18, 2009 1:49AM

    By Hillbilly Aunt


    Topics: personal essay, true story, wildlife, snakes, arkansas, humor, children, fear

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 2575 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    Photo: My First Beer, age 18 months

    DECEMBER 12, 2008 2:50PM

    By Corey Maxson Tucker


    Topics: beer, first beer, photo, photos, essay, personal essay, fathers, dads, sons, family

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