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Category: Winter 2017 – Creative Nonfiction

“Lessons in Laughter” – Tammie Rice

Posted on January 31, 2017 by s51_admin

Tammie Rice   Lessons In Laughter   My son learned about spitballs on the morning of April 27, 1996, around 9:30 a.m. It was a clear spring morning and the chill in the air promised to give way by noon. My father spent his time that morning in a booth at Waffle House, explaining to […]

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Posted in Winter 2017 - Creative Nonfiction

“The Cheek, the Jaw, the Eye, the Lip” – Terrance Wedin

Posted on January 31, 2017 by s51_admin

Terrance Wedin                               The Cheek, the Jaw, the Eye, the Lip    The throb of my mother’s sewing machine. Her foot depressing the pedal as the pool of fabric on the floor next to me disappears, fed carefully through the needle. […]

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