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52nd INSTALLMENT
WE'RE BACK from hiatus and are featuring EIGHT, count 'em, EIGHT fresh new essays including a few shout-outs to moms for Mothers Day, and a sneak-peek book excerpt! ENJOY!

Lucky Day

by Elisabeth R. Finch
(Award-winning playwright, works have been produced in New York; Currently writer's asst. on HBO's True Blood.)

My Mother-In-Law's Vagina

by Meredith Gordon
(Playwright, including one-woman show The Bride is from California; writing has appeared in Cosmopolitan.)

(Un)Becoming (of) a Grandfather

by Jack Burditt
(Journalist and sitcom writer, Mad About You, Frasier, Watching Ellie; Currently Writer/Co-Executive Producer on 30 Rock.)

Queen of Hearts

by Debbie Kasper
(Emmy-nominated writer, Rosie O'Donnell Show, Roseanne; Author, Bras and Penus on a Date.)

Equator, Equator, You Said You Would Be There

By Cassandra Wiseman
(Awarded a Presidents Fellowship to translate and produce 3 Russian plays; Actress, Starship, regular on TV show Sons and Daughters. )
The Very Idea

By Gabriel L. Nathan
(Author, For a Tin Star; Award-winning playwright.)

Meet the Satans

By Alexander Gelfand
(Writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Village Voice, the Forward, and Wired.com.)
Excerpt from À la Cart: The Secret Lives of Grocery Shoppers

by Hillary Carlip
(Creator, host, and editor of FRESH YARN; Award-winning author of four books including À la Cart and the memoir Queen of the Oddballs. Has appeared on Oprah and Ellen.)

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