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#39: Runaway by Alice Munro - by Belinda Rule — Laurie Steed | Australian Stories

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The Gum Wall is Laurie Steed's blog, focusing on the world's best short story writers, including but not limited to J.D. Salinger, Franz Kafka, Kurt Vonnegut, Lorrie Moore, Raymond Carver, Junot Diaz and Richard Yates. 39: Runaway by Alice Munro - by Belinda Rule. July 24, 2014. Carla heard the car coming before it topped the little rise in the road that around here they called a hill. Alice Munro, ‘Runaway’, from. Vintage, 2005 (also in. 11 August 2003) online here. This second point is catastrophic, be...

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the sleepers almanac no. 8 | The Fictional Julie Koh

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The Fictional Julie Koh. The sleepers almanac no. 8. Posted by Julie Koh. On March 14, 2013 · 1 Comment. I had a brilliant time last Thursday at the launch of. The Sleepers Almanac No. 8. At Trades Hall in Melbourne. Is a long short story of mine called ‘Two’ I wrote a little bit about in my last blog post. Zoe Dattner and Louise Swinn:. And Director of the. Emerging Writers’ Festival. Launched the book. (Read his speech here. With ‘Four am’:. 8220;Skin I’m In”:. With “Pilgrimage”:. Read it online here.

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On Waking with the Pain | Cordite Poetry Review

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Larr; George and the Holy Holiday. On Waking with the Pain. Now in the night I wake to it:. Plucking of a cello string,. Low hoot of wind in a deep cave,. Song of wrongness sounding,. The hand is unmarred to look at,. Paragon of itself, sweet in sleep. As a small bald mouse. Curled in the nest of its mother. Nothing hurts it. But oh,. Someone is crying for help. In a locked house; I cannot get in. In the hallway mirror I see. The slumped back, fattish neck, arm. Dangled like a butchered fowl. With Louis ...

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Sunset Intersection: Dear Faithful Readers

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To visit Martin's songwriting website, press here. To visit Martin's writing website, press here. December 27, 2013. Dear Faithful Readers … both of you,. Like every year I have some lists to post. I don’t want to, but I am required to do so by international conventions, treaties, accords, and my blogger contract. I’ll put them all in one post this time. Hope you don’t get indigestion. Oh, go ahead, eat up. You are more than welcome (what does that mean? Bobby Fischer Against the World. Drag Me to Hell.

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Sunset Intersection: Kurt Vonnegut Letter to Drake School Board

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To visit Martin's songwriting website, press here. To visit Martin's writing website, press here. April 1, 2012. Kurt Vonnegut Letter to Drake School Board. On the 16th of November, Kurt Vonnegut sent McCarthy the following letter. He didn't receive a reply. November 16, 1973. Dear Mr. McCarthy:. I am writing to you in your capacity as chairman of the Drake School Board. I am among those American writers whose books have been destroyed in the now famous furnace of your school. 7 Write to please just one ...

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Sunset Intersection: The Changing Light by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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To visit Martin's songwriting website, press here. To visit Martin's writing website, press here. March 24, 2014. The Changing Light by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. The Changing Light by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Is none of your East Coast light. Pearly light of Paris. The light of San Francisco. Is a sea light. And the light of fog. Drifting in at night. Through the Golden Gate. To lie on the city at dawn. And then the halcyon late mornings. After the fog burns off. And the sun paints white houses. With Dr. ...

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Sunset Intersection: World's Longest Pun

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To visit Martin's songwriting website, press here. To visit Martin's writing website, press here. January 5, 2011. M utt: Hey Jeff, you ever hear the one about the Fu Bird? Jeff: Would I want to? Mutt: Oh, it's a great story, if a little long. You might say a tad long-ish, just a tad. But worth it. Definitely. Really. Jeff: I've got a dentist appointment this afternoon, but I'm sure this will be more painful. Rode overland for four days and found themselves in the small town of. In one swoop, the Fu bird...

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Sunset Intersection: The Dead by Susan Mitchell

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To visit Martin's songwriting website, press here. To visit Martin's writing website, press here. January 12, 2014. The Dead by Susan Mitchell. The Dead by Susan Mitchell. At night the dead come down to the river to drink. They unburden themselves of their fears,. Their worries for us. They take out the old photographs. They pat the lines in our hands and tell our fortunes,. Which are cracked and yellow. Some dead find their way to our houses. They go up to the attics. For signs of their love. With Dr&#4...

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Sunset Intersection: Cults and Creeds, Tumults and Greeds, part 1

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To visit Martin's songwriting website, press here. To visit Martin's writing website, press here. October 23, 2010. Cults and Creeds, Tumults and Greeds, part 1. The problem—our need to believe while remaining open to better beliefs and what lies beyond belief altogether—must be resolved existentially, through living it … (Huston Smith). Breaking News: Jesus made the San Francisco Giants win the National League pennant! Or are the enemies praying harder to. Did you take the religious knowledge quiz?