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1st INSTALLMENT : 4/22/04

Diamonds
by Jill Soloway

(Award-winning writer/producer Six Feet Under;
wrote film adaptation of David Sedaris' Me Talk Pretty; co-creator of the acclaimed literary/performance showcase SIT 'N SPIN.)
A Letter to My Children
by Earl Hamner

(Author of six novels; creator of the legendary TV series, The Waltons and Falcon Crest; wrote for The Twilight Zone and CBS Playhouse; wrote classic films including Palm Springs Weekend and the animated feature, Charlotte's Web.)
Helen Reddy's Shoe
by Katie Ford

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o-writer of Miss Congeniality; writer/producer of a six-hour miniseries for ABC based on the first Little House on the Prairie novel, curently in production.)
Ninth-Level Dork
by Ali Davis

(Featured on NPR's "This American Life;" in Salon; National Touring Company of Second City; founding member of the resident company of Chicago's Improv Olympic Theater,
"Baby Wants Candy.")
The Snuggery
by Eric Gilliland

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TV writer/producer The Wonder Years, Roseanne, That 70's Show;won a Peabody Award, Golden Globe.)
They're Loyal Fans and They Bake
by Hillary Carlip

(Award-Winning author Girl Power: Young Women Speak Out; Co-author Zine Scene; author of the upcoming Queen of the Oddballs: And Other True Stories from a Life Unaccording to Plan (HarperCollins May '06); FRESH YARN host/editor and occasional contributor.)

2nd INSTALLMENT : 5/06/04

To See and Be Scene
by Beth Lapides

(Commentator on NPR's All Things Considered; appeared numerous times on Politically Incorrect. Host and creator of L.A.'s acclaimed Un-Cabaret and Say the Word.)
Fashion Quest
Francesca Lia Block

(Award-winning author of 16
books including the bestsellers The Rose and the Beast, Violet and Claire, and Dangerous Angels: The Weetzie Bat Books. Books translated into 7 languages.)
The Tyranny of Happiness
Annabelle Gurwitch

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Commentator on NPR's All things Considered; spent 7 years co-hosting the cult favorite Dinner and a Movie on TBS; has published essays in mags including Los Angeles, Premiere, Child, Glamour and Penthouse.)
Harold B.
by Bernadette Luckett

(Stand-up comic, TV writer/producer on numerous sitcoms including Living Single; Sister, Sister and The Tracy Morgan Show.)
The Last Time I Wore a Micro-Miniskirt
by Lauren Tom

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Award-winning actress. Film: The Joy Luck Club, Bad Santa, When a Man Loves a Woman; TV: Recurring role on Grace Under Fire and Friends, voice-over regular on Futurama and King of the Hill; Broadway: A Chorus Line, Hurlyburly and Doonesbury.
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The Blonding of America
by Betty Aberlin
(Actress in original company of I'm Getting My Act Together And Taking It On The Road; played Lady Aberlin on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood for 33 years. Regular on the last Smothers Brothers Show. Cameos in Dogma and Jersey Girl.)

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