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Naomi L. Pierce
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Defending the Hearth
O NE BRIGHT DAY in Kent, England retired glove salesman W. Morgan Petty heard about an interview with a prominent
Female Fighters
I N THE EARLY 19th century, a woman who married gave up all has property rights, and if she separated
A Beat Collage
Life is a nightmare for most people, who went something else...People went a lesser fake of Beauty...We've seen Beauty face
Battered Books
H ARVARD IS FULL of annoyances during reading and exam periods--besides the exams themselves, of course. Someone always finishes the
Inward Bound
C RITICS, in the guise of defining a new gerue, will often invent a meaningless catchall then watch the rest
Out on His Own
A T THREE A.M., Mass. Ave. held only the spill of streetlights, the occasional cab, and me, walking home. Outside
Art of Artifice
THE MOST SUBTLE STORY TELLERS barely hint at underlying conflicts; instead they use them throughout their stories as sources of
The Poem Is Only Half
T HE BROADEST VALUE of some books lies beyond their main arguments, and such is the case with Anthony Libby's
Boy Meets Girl
T HINGS HAPPEN in movies that just don't happen in what we call real life. Some films afford their audiences
Rockin' Back to L.A.
W hen Noelani Rodriguez, better known as Lonnie plays her bass guitar. She seems the consummate ham some one not
Eye-Opener
T HE ASSISTANT PROFESSOR who writes poetry on the side has become something of a cliche in academic circles. Invariably
Hardcore Curriculum
There are two ways to look at a Boston-based, hardcore group like the F.U.s. On the one hand, hardcore in
Going to the Source
W hat Happens To inspiration when the author is seemingly flapped by a well-established rigid family and a love hate
He Looked a Little Like Allen Ginsberg
A short beak-nosed woman in front of me on the bus shoved me into two teenagers with painted-on pants and
Freeway to Heaven
R EADING ABOUT a place one has never seen can be annoying oftenulienating Songs and books about Los Angeles are
