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Project ExHelen Reese recently published her debut novel, Project Ex. She's also a contributor to Listen to Your Mother, a collection of essays released last spring that highlights motherhood's joys and challenges. In addition to her day job as social worker, Helen has worked as a freelance writer and publicist.

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Rural rituals

Amy McVay Abbott's entertaining book, Whitley County Kid, is now available on Kindle. It's her fourth collection of essays about life in the rural Midwest in the 1960s. ...
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Sometimes a word or two says it all

I recently returned to my hometown of Grand Island, Neb. In due time, I headed for a nightclub on the edge of town that has been in business for over 50 years, affectionately known as the Snake Pit. Back in my youth, when running water was a novelty, I worked after school busing tables in that joint. The owner and I have been pen pals all these years. During intense introspection that only a narcissist could appreciate, I came to realize that the Snake Pit housed many personalities that I ...
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