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The Female Brain
by lz in Reading Archive on 29Jun2007
This caught my eye in City Lights bookstore-- the image of a telephone cord wrapped up like a brain on the cover. After skimming through it, I added it to my list of library requests and took it on the trip to Mexico. It's a quick read, and she'll repeat...
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Stories
by lz in Reprints on 23Jun2007
A man walking in the rain eating a banana. Where is he coming from. Where is he going. Why is he eating a banana. How hard is the rain falling. Where did he get the banana. What is the banana's name. How fast is the man walking. Does he mind...
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Boyhood
by lz in Reading Archive on 23Jun2007
Childhood memories in South Africa written in 3rd person and yet still intimate tales. Moving from Cape Town to the small town of Worchester, where he pretends to be Catholic at school in order to skip out on the Christian services. Eternal fear of the large and brutal Afrikaans boys,...
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Brazen Careerist
by lz in Reading Archive on 20Jun2007
Useful and easily digestible advice for the 20-somethings who are entering the new world of work. Basic stuff like not using company email to break up with your significant other, delivering bad news or feedback face to face instead of via email, how to manage up, etc. Great wisdom around...
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Loopy, surreal stories from the middle east. An off hand mention of the border, going to Sinai to relax and party, but for the most part, nothing terribly Israel-centric about these stories; they are universal, if you consider a beautiful woman who turns into a hairy short man at night...
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Mothers and Sons
by lz in Reading Archive on 12Jun2007
Nine stories detailing various aspects of the relationship between mothers and sons. From a burglar who sets the Rembrandts on fire, to the priest accused of molestation, the sons also range from talented singers whose mom abandoned them to sons who find their mom's albums in the basement and release...
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There was a period of my life when I didn't read short stories. That time is over. Thirteen wacky and offbalance stories grip you and shake you and then leave you smiling. These characters are misfit, edgy, shadow figures; Betty the advice columnist, the woman who begins to see ghosts...
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Dear Betty, One time I was at this Tupperware party at my girlfriend's. Actually, it was just like a Tupperware party, only it was marital underwear, but it was run the same way. Anyway, everybody was drinking beer and passing around the items, and cutting up, you know, laughing about...
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