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    An Open Letter To The Manufacturers Of Infant Sleepwear
    by M. B. Jones
  • May 26, 2005
    An Open Letter to the Totally Impractical Size Chart for Women’s Clothing
    by Claire Suddath
  • May 19, 2005
    An Open Letter to the Couple Who Found My Panties in Their Yard Last Summer
    by Sarah Johnson
  • May 16, 2005
    An Open Letter to Geraldo Rivera, Who Witnessed Me Getting Fired for Stealing a Cherry Danish Two Summers Ago
    by Corey Zeller
  • May 4, 2005
    An Open Letter to Shrink-Wrap
    by Christopher Dazey
  • April 26, 2005
    An Open Letter to the Dead Joints in My Feet
    by Jen Shipon
  • April 22, 2005
    An Open Letter to the Exorbitant Sum of Money I Just Inherited From My Grandfather, Whom I Didn’t Really Like
    by Josh Cohen
  • April 13, 2005
    An Open Letter to the Fake Boobs My Husband Bought His Ex Girlfriend
    by Milla Wicks
  • April 7, 2005
    An Open Letter to Ryan Funk
    by Andrew Willey
  • March 31, 2005
    An Open Letter to Global Warming
    by Mike Ward
  • March 16, 2005
    Three Open Letters to the Telephone Joneses With Whom I Cannot Keep Up
    by Alan C. Baird
  • March 3, 2005
    An Open Letter to the Gentleman at the Bar Who Asked If I Would Like a Piece of Him
    by Kyle Sundby
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