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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 Despard Murgatroyd
(Published author and award-winning playwright; work has been published in the Philadelphia Daily News, the Philadelphia Inquirer, etc.)

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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