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THERE ONCE WAS WANDA
THE LEGEND OF LARRY HOOVER
THE FISHERBOY’S BLUES
June 24, 2021
Thank you, Uncle Sam! 1912
Here in the land of Uncle Sam, in the United
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June 24, 2021
The Alabama Musician, 1910
John dreamed of living in San Francisco; he dreamed of
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June 24, 2021
Viva l’America! 1925
Alfonso Pacchiano and his wife, Antonella, had decided to leave
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December 13, 2020
Mississippi Goddam, 1964
Once upon a time in North Carolina, a girl named
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October 27, 2020
The Little Sparrow and Thérèse, 1946
Today the town of Bernay, Normandy, lay under an ill-tempered
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October 16, 2020
Jenny and Forrest, 1994
Jenny had a guardian angel, and that angel’s name was
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July 31, 2020
Agent H21, 1906
The dancer claimed she was Javanese and Hindu, and came
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July 31, 2020
You’re a man! 1949
Syracuse was a Sicilian city, invaded, colonized, built and rebuilt
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July 20, 2020
The Creation, 1983
“I am your creator,” Steven Spielberg repeated to the extra-terrestrial.
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June 29, 2020
La Rue Norvins, 1946
Writing in the late 19th century, years before the Lapin
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May 21, 2020
The Jax, 1941
Deep down in the sugar cane plantations, a cluster of
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May 6, 2020
Marilyn and Ella, 1958
Tonight, the crowd was buzzing outside the Mocambo. The women
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April 5, 2020
Mulberry Street, 1902
Here in New York, on the island of Manhattan, every
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January 8, 2020
I’ll write better than Mark Twain! 1955
Anita was the best reader in her class. In their
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November 19, 2019
The great escape, 1962
Up in the Hollywood hills, the van slowed to a
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November 19, 2019
I have two loves, 1951
The grand reception hall of the George V hotel was
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November 11, 2019
The Weeping Oak, 1955
Nobody wanted this mansion, immense and unmistakeably colonial as it
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October 17, 2019
Letter from Vietnam, 1968
“Dear Mom, I miss our house. I been gone more
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