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Sunday June 2, 2013

From the powder room

Marriage is give and take. But sometimes it's hard to take without your girlfriends. As humorist Janie Emaus knows, they bring the tissue, a good bottle of vodka and a much-needed perspective to help through the rough times. Her essay, "Confucius Say: When Shit Hits Fan, Girlfriends Bring Pooper Scooper," appears in the newly published anthology, You Have Lipstick on Your Teeth.

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Call for entries: digital storytelling

The Online News Association, the world's largest membership organization of digital journalists, and the University of Miami's School of Communication have issued a call for entries for the 2013 Online Journalism Awards, emblematic of the best in digital journalism. The deadline for entries is June 21. Click here to enter. Winners will be announced in October. Nine of the 29 awards come with a total of $37,500 in prize money, courtesy of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the ...

Dan Zevin

Dan Zevin is the 2013 winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor. His latest book, Dan Gets a Minivan: Life at the Intersection of Dude and Dad, along with his previous one, The Day I Turned Uncool, have been optioned by Adam Sandler's Happy Madison Productions. He has followed his readers through each phase of life, from post-college coping (Entry-Level Life) to tying the knot (The Nearly-wed Handbook) to developing a disturbing new interest in lawn care and wine tastings (Unco ...

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