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Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Fire eater, San Luis Potosi, 1992

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Sunday, November 6, 2016

For Jeff, RIP

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Sarah Layden: Writer, teacher, reader. Books: Imagine Your Life Like This, The Invisible Art of Literary Editing, The Story I Tell Myself About Myself, and Trip Through Your Wires.

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