Through the closed windows I hear the muffled rumblings of trucks barreling through the nearby intersection. As I stumble out of bed to double check they are properly sealed, I watch a random minivan slam on its brakes as it wrongfully pulls into oncoming traffic; one horn blasts, and then another. I draw the heavy […]
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I’ve been hearing about an elusive reader phenomenon called BookTube for awhile, but I did not make the time to check it out until two nights ago. I finally decided to explore by searching for “BookTube” in the YouTube search bar, and there I found myself with hundreds of video options! I found tons of […]
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Wouldn’t it be fun to be an advice columnist? I just purchased Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed, which is a collection of the best of the best advice given by Strayed’s once anonymous alter ego, Sugar. I purchased the book for my mom as I have heard great things about it, and the few […]
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Because I read Kevin Brockmeier’s A Few Seconds of Radiant Filmstrip: A memoir of seventh grade this weekend, I have actually been thinking back quite a bit to my high school days (seventh grade for Kevin was the first year of Junior High). I’ve looked back probably more than I should, or need to. I […]
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A death sentence is supposed to mean you die. So when I woke up after my execution, I was right fuckin’ confused. The gut-kick from the asshole in the radiation suit didn’t help. Shoveling. Apparently a death sentence doesn’t mean they kill you; it means you shovel radioactive shit until you can’t. I’d swear I […]
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