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The Ghost Writes Back

Amy Boesky There was nothing surprising about my professor’s lecture on Shakespeare until, out of the blue, she started talking about ghostwriting. I was in the back of the packed auditorium…
LENGTH: 20 minutes (5178 words)

My son is schizophrenic. The ‘reforms’ that I worked for have worsened his life.

If you were to encounter my son, Tim, a tall, gaunt man in ragged clothes, on a San Francisco street, you might step away from him. His clothes, his dark unshaven face and his wild curly hair stamp…
PUBLISHED: Oct. 15, 2012
LENGTH: 9 minutes (2348 words)

Wonder Dog

PUBLISHED: Feb. 2, 2012
LENGTH: 23 minutes (5797 words)

Red, by Mike Landweber

You saw him first.Of course you did.Back then, when you were six, you spent most of your time at the window looking down on the street.What else were you going to do when Mama fought with Johnny?The…
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1762 words)
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