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07/15/2024

Pokey’s Cinematic Multiplex

A terrier's view of home

by Paula Marantz Cohen

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06/24/2024

Out of Hiding

The realities of living with an even more misunderstood type of obsessive-compulsive disorder

by Camille DiBenedetto

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06/13/2024

First Story

A birthday, a voice, a desk and connecting through coincidence

by Naomi Anne Goldner

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06/10/2024

Life in Mississippi

Growing up in the Rural South

by Gresham Riley

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06/03/2024

Loneliness, Love, Hope and the DeBarges 

Dreaming of love

by Labeja Kodua Okullu

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05/20/2024

Revenge Condo

Feelings, falling out, and a fight over future inheritance

by Sadie Scotch

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05/13/2024

Forgetting Gareth

Scouts, Eraserhead, and the phantom friendships of youth

by Michael James

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05/09/2024

The Creator Almost Broke Me

Unveiling the pitfalls of modern film criticism

by Fred Onyango

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05/06/2024

Off-Trail at Your Own Risk

Hollywood and other wilds of Southern California

by Emily Dell

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04/29/2024

The Hard Sell

What youth (and parents) miss, from not fundraising door to door

by Stephen Gambescia

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