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Shakespeare Covers the Superbowl

February 3, 2008

Will “the dauntless Brady” meet his match in Eli “yet more Manning than man?” The Bard’s Play, from NPR.

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Writing Tips from Hobgoblins, Pandas, and Doves

January 30, 2008

The fantastically helpful Janice Campbell has reviewed Miss Thistlebottom’s Hobgoblins: The Careful Writer’s Guide to the Taboos, Bugbears, and Outmoded Rules of English Usage; Lynn Truss’ (or is that Truss’s?) aggressive panda is back for the kids in Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference!, and from his first year English […]

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A Thanksgiving Tale from Alice’s Restaurant

November 21, 2007

There were people singing this song together who, politically, had nothing in common and probably wouldn’t have talked to each other…. It’s just the story of a little guy against a big world. It’s not so much an anti-war song as a song against stupidity…

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Real Life Superheroes

November 1, 2007

And for All Saints Day, a shout-out to Red Justice, Street Hero, Direction Man, the Super, and all the other Real Life Superheroes!

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The Community in Action

August 23, 2007

Studs Terkel on prophetic community. . . .

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This I Believe on NPR: Rick Moody

August 23, 2007

Rick Moody: The Joy & Enthusiasm of Reading

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