Tuesday, February 9, 2010


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New in Essays

One Saturday afternoon, soon after I became engaged, I sat in the den at my parents' house, reviewing the brochures on silver and china patterns I'd collected. I picked up a pamphlet and read aloud to my mother: "'Other silver...
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New in Writing Prompts

In this month's essay, Liane Kupferberg Carter recounts the malapropism that became a family legend. She writes, ". . . I gave birth to My-zulled. 'Don't be my-zulled!' everyone in my family cautioned each other for years. Whenever we wanted...
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Recently in Essential Reading

"A friend is one to whom one may pour out all the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping and with a breath...
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Recently in Now Reading

This month, Literary Mamas are taking time to understand our species, explore poetry, decode relationships, and cope with the symptoms of ADHD. Enjoy one of these books today! Download the list to find it fast at your local bookstore or...
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