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The Fastest Year
September 2, 2002 – 2:07 PM | One Comment

My mom gave me a Twin Towers calendar for Christmas — twelve months of various views of the World Trade Center. It hangs beside the door in my kitchen, where I've always hung my calendars, …

For Thou Art With Us
September 14, 2001 – 12:58 PM | 89 Comments

I didn't really want to go downtown in the first place. I had to speak on a breakfast panel, but I didn't feel very well and I didn't like my outfit so much, and I …