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Ben Skoch

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January 28, 2004

Seven Vaguely Dickensian Yet Sophomorically Inappropriate Proper Names, Two Legitimate Dickensian Characters, and One U.S. State — Or “The Dickens Cider Bleak House Rules.”

by Ben Skoch
January 9, 2004

An Open Letter to the Whites of Jim Lehrer’s Eyes

by Ben Skoch
August 6, 2003

Possible Collaborations Between James Brown and Loretta Lynn, to be Performed at This Year’s Kennedy Center Honors Ceremony

by Ben Skoch

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April 30, 2020

The Girl From Avril Lavigne’s “Sk8er Boi” Responds 18 Years Later

by Madeleine Trebenski
June 30, 2020

Would-You-Rathers for Parents During Quarantine

by Sally Miller and Julie Vick
June 26, 2020

A Message from Your University’s Vice President for Magical Thinking

by Juliana Gray
July 16, 2018

The 6 Books Donald Trump Is Reading This Summer

by Wendi Aarons and Mariana Olenko

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July 14, 2020

Emerson Whitney in conversation with Gender Justice LA

by Emerson Whitney
July 14, 2020

Every Question I Asked My Parents While Doing My Taxes

by Graham Techler
July 14, 2020

It’s Time for Spin Class With Deborah, Forgotten Horsewoman of the Apocalypse

by Brittain McNeel
July 13, 2020

O, How I Miss the Nightclub!

by Gian-Paul Bergeron, Katie Davis, and Kevin Kelly

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