How post-apocalyptic fiction taught me to stop worrying and love zombies.
Circa 2005 or thereabouts, I attended a talk by David Sedaris at the State Theatre in New Brunswick, NJ. In the middle of his reading, he went off on a tangent (major spoiler ... Read More
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Apr2018
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Mar2018
On September 11, 2001, I was a 21-year-old, newly minted college graduate, who had managed to parlay my BA in psychology into my first real job. I was in my office at Rutgers University when reports first came in that a plane ... Read More
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Feb2018
It is a truth universally acknowledged that, since the days of Austen and Bronte, there have been various tropes – overused themes, weaving their way through our favorite works of cinema and literature. The Fifty Shades trilogy is no exception.
With ... Read More
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Jan2018
During college, I lived in a house with six other women. Yes, you heard that correctly, there were seven of us. In fact, the house ... Read More
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Dec2017
One of the more humorous stories to come out of my childhood involves a phone conversation I was having with my friend *Barb. Sometime during the conversation, her father yelled from downstairs, “Barb, you wanna come clean the maggots out of the ... Read More
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May2017
Back in the 1990s, I was an unabashed Gilmore Girls fan. I grew up together with Rory, Paris, and Lane, cheering their triumphs and lamenting their missteps. ... Read More
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Apr2017
When I was seven, I used to shower with the curtain half open so that I could keep one eye on the toilet. It became a ritual ... Read More
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Apr2017
For the past few months, my husband and I have been looking to purchase a home. As any of you who’ve been there before knows, the home buying process is ... Read More
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Feb2017
About two years ago, my husband surprised me with a Keurig for Valentine’s Day. It was an incredibly thoughtful gift; I’d been mentioning how I wanted one for my office, and there it was, a brand new, professional grade Keurig. The problem was, I thought we had agreed not to ... Read More
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Jan2017
It’s the moment that every parent dreads, and one that every parent can relate to; the public meltdown. Your cute, typically agreeable child now seems to be nothing but flailing arms and legs, and a giant mouth screaming words that become less intelligible with every passing second. ... Read More
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