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Wednesday, October 15, 2008

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Today’s Feature: “Amy Bloom” by Robert Birnbaum
Latest in Digest: Wasilla City Council: A Reading
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Courtney Lichterman

Native New Yorker Courtney Lichterman lives in Los Angeles, although this is a decision she reconsiders every time another friend starts hanging pictures six inches from the ground in an effort to comply with the directive of a $200-an-hour Feng Shui expert. You can email her here.

Keeping Up With the Corpses

When her friend moves into a house whose Halloween block party draws swarms of trick-or-treaters from all over LA, COURTNEY LICHTERMAN visits, entering a dimension where the candy corn is organic and the ghosts have SAG cards. (Personal Essays | October 25, 2007)

Like Pulling Teeth

Whether it’s experimental injections, sleep deprivation studies, or freelance writing, sometimes the best way to look after your health is to risk it. COURTNEY LICHTERMAN offers her teeth to a dental student in need. (Personal Essays | August 22, 2007)


TODAY’S FEATURE

Amy Bloom

Straight from Boston, ROBERT BIRNBAUM sits down with author Amy Bloom to discuss her latest book, Away, the benefits of the writing life, and the tedium of extra-long novels.

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Name That Congress

Non-Expert Andrew Womack reveals President Bush’s nicknames for each member of the Democratic House and Senate.

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Wasilla City Council: A Reading

A comparison of a dramatic reading of a Wasilla, AK, City Council meeting and a big, (self-) important legislative body: the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.