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31st INSTALLMENT : 1/06/06

The Rain in Spain
By Jonathan Green
(Writer, Late Show With David Letterman, The Andy Dick Show, The MTV Movie Awards, NBC's Four Kings.)

T'shuvah
By Albert J. Winn
(Photographer: LACMA, Houston Museum of Fine Arts; Writing published in ZYZZYVA, The Jewish Quarterly and on NPR.)

Kenny Loggins Must Die
By Wendi Aarons
(Has written for Parentwise:Austin, AustinMama.com, Esther's Follies.)

America the Beantiful
By Eleanor Bayne Johnson
(Poet, essayist, teacher and doctoral candidate; finalist in New Letters Poetry Magazine's 2005 contest)

Bandwagon Breeding
By Christine Palau
(Political and community speechwriter; writes The Feme Covert blog.)

V.I.P.
By Lou Lou Taylor
(Writer, Actress: The Ensemble Studio Theatre, The Rattlestick Theatre; As the World Turns, Guiding Light.)

32nd INSTALLMENT : 1/27/06

I Hate Black History Month
By Niya Palmer
(NPR commentator; Warner Bros. Comedy Writing Program Participant; graduate of Second City's writing program.)

The Week of Rental Car Disasters
By Charlie Anders
(Author, Choir Boy and co-editor of upcoming anthology She's Such A Geek. Has written for Wall Street Journal, Salon.com, ZYZZYVA, etc. Publisher, Other magazine.)

The Hall of Asian Mammals
By Lucy Baker
(Has written for the Village Voice, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Ducts.org, ReallySmallTalk.com, Mr. Beller's Neighborhood, etc.)

"No" Was His Only Answer
By Art Brambila
(Author of two novels, Dying Young in East L.A., and East of the L.A. River. Was Director of Motown Latino and Director of Special Markets at Universal; Owner/President of Brown Bag Records.)

Pornomime
By Joe Smith
(Has written and performed three one-man shows; reads his essays at L.A. spoken word hot-spots -- Sit 'n Spin, Show and Tell, Word-a-Rama, The Spark, and more.)