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Bookslut Addiction memoirs are like opinions on how to cure addiction: Everybody's got one.

Ask a Poet I've got angst over turning 29. Help me, poetry — you're my last hope!

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Bookslut Who'd guess that a homemaking guide from 2008 would have a narrower world view than one from 1861?

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Ask a Poet I worry that flu shots are used to implant tracking devices, but that's just me. What does a poet think?

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Tony's Social Pages How did the French mark the end of the Terror? With parties, fashion, and 'dos, of course!

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