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| Preface |
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| Introduction |
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4 | (4) |
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How I Wrote the Moth Essay---and Why |
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16 | (1) |
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16 | (2) |
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18 | (3) |
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21 | (33) |
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Real Time Writing / Catalog Description |
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26 | (2) |
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The Miss Dennis School of Writing |
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28 | (9) |
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37 | (5) |
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42 | (5) |
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No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch |
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47 | (7) |
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54 | (39) |
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Real Time Writing / Obituary |
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58 | (2) |
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The Ashen Guy: Lower Broadway, September 11, 2001 |
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60 | (5) |
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65 | (7) |
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72 | (9) |
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81 | (7) |
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88 | (5) |
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93 | (34) |
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Real Time Writing / Girl Scout Cookie Box |
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99 | (2) |
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The Onion All Seven Deadly Sins Committed at Church Bake Sale |
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101 | (5) |
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106 | (4) |
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English is a Crazy Language |
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110 | (6) |
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Jazz: Music Beyond Time and Nations |
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116 | (7) |
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123 | (4) |
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Classification and Division |
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127 | (36) |
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Real Time Writing / www.dailycandy.com |
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130 | (2) |
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132 | (8) |
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140 | (6) |
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What Do You Call a Platypus? |
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146 | (8) |
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Science, Guided by Ethics, Can Lift Up the Poor |
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154 | (5) |
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The Rise of the Blended American |
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159 | (4) |
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163 | (37) |
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Real Time Writing / How to Make Razzleberry Lemonade |
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168 | (2) |
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170 | (4) |
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174 | (5) |
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179 | (8) |
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187 | (5) |
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How to Get Out of a Locked Trunk |
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192 | (8) |
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200 | (41) |
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Real Time Writing / Baseball Stats |
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204 | (2) |
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206 | (3) |
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209 | (3) |
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Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts |
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212 | (6) |
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218 | (6) |
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224 | (9) |
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Remembering My Childhood on the Continent of Africa |
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233 | (8) |
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241 | (35) |
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Real Time Writing / www.savethemanatee.org |
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244 | (2) |
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246 | (8) |
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In Praise of the Humble Comma |
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254 | (6) |
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260 | (5) |
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265 | (4) |
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If You Are What You Eat, Then What Am I? |
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269 | (7) |
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276 | (38) |
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Real Time Writing / Outside Magazine Q&A |
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282 | (2) |
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Climbing the Golden Arches |
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284 | (6) |
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Prison Man Considers Turkey |
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290 | (5) |
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Who Killed Easter Island? |
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295 | (8) |
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303 | (6) |
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The Wounds That Can't Be Stitched Up |
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309 | (5) |
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314 | (44) |
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Real Time Writing / Sign on an Old House |
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320 | (2) |
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The Declaration of Independence |
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322 | (6) |
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328 | (6) |
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The Price of Power: Living in the Nuclear Age |
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334 | (6) |
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Being Prepared in Suburbia |
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340 | (5) |
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345 | (7) |
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Reply to the U.S. Government |
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352 | (6) |
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358 | (59) |
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362 | (11) |
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Politics and the English Language |
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373 | (15) |
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388 | (8) |
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396 | (4) |
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400 | (8) |
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408 | (9) |
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| Glossary |
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417 | (8) |
| Permissions Acknowledgments |
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425 | (6) |
| Index |
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