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Articles by

Claire Zulkey

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October 12, 2011

Yet Another Unnecessarily Long Monologue By a Supervillain as He Prepares to Kill His Nemesis

by Claire Zulkey
September 15, 2009

In Case My New Young-Adult Novel Doesn’t Sell, Here Are My Backup Ideas

by Claire Zulkey
September 30, 2004

Secrets Revealed During VH1’s I Love the ’90s

by Claire Zulkey
July 21, 2003

Questions for VH1’s “I Love the Eighties” Expert Celebrity Commentators

by Claire Zulkey
November 21, 2002

Items From the Neiman Marcus 2002 Christmas Book

by Claire Zulkey
July 8, 2002

Terrible Fake Names

by Claire Zulkey
June 10, 2002

Actual Headlines from the March InStyle Magazine

by Claire Zulkey

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April 30, 2020

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

by Madeleine Trebenski
June 26, 2020

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

by Juliana Gray
June 24, 2020

Lest We Forget the Horrors: A Catalog of Trump’s Worst Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes: The Complete Listing (So Far): Atrocities 1-759

by Ben Parker, Stephanie Steinbrecher, Kelsey Ronan, John McMurtrie, Sophia DuRose, Rachel Villa, and Amy Sumerton
June 22, 2020

I’m the Guy Setting Off Fireworks Every Night In Your Neighborhood and I Have You Right Where I Want You

by Ilana Gordon

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by Christopher Cox
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So, You Want to Direct a Community Theater Musical Production

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