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Creative Writing
September 18, 1999 – 10:42 AM | No Comment

I have read Susan Faludi’s Backlash. It took me three tries, but I finally got through it, and only because I brought with me on my forty-minute subway commute each morning so that I would …

Dead On Arrival
August 18, 1999 – 10:49 AM | No Comment

In light of previous rants in this space in which I railed against various no-brow media subjects, not to mention my tendency in conversation to use the words “Joey Buttafuoco” synonymously with the word “contemptible,” …

Speaking Of Less Than Zero
May 19, 1999 – 10:42 AM | No Comment

The laundry room in my building has a little library. Some thoughtful soul tacked up a couple of shelves by the door, and residents leave books and magazines they no longer want so that others …

Playing By The Rules
March 11, 1996 – 7:58 PM | One Comment

Last week, on one of my perambulations through the aisles of Barnes and Noble, I spotted a little book that had caused quite a stir both in the self-help community and among feminist folk for …