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All posts tagged

lord-of-the-flies

November 19, 2019

What I Accomplished In the Last Decade: Classic Literary Characters Edition

by Fiona Taylor
May 14, 2018

If Some of Literature’s Most Complicated Male Characters Were Just Reasonable People Instead

by Astrid Johnson-Krause
April 29, 2017

Lord of the Fyre: Tweets to the U.S. Embassy in the Bahamas During the Fyre Festival

by Áine Cain
September 8, 2014

Missed Connection: Boys, Ages 6-12(?), Lived With Me on Nameless Tropical Island in Pacific Ocean at End of WWII

by Rachel Klein

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A Parent’s Typical Day, as Envisioned by My Child’s Preschool

by Ruyi Wen
December 1, 2022

How to Hate a Jew Like a Jew

by Josh Gondelman
May 28, 2019

Incredible Rooms I Would Have in My Mansion if I Were Rich!

by Alex Baia
November 15, 2022

I’m Wearing Tunics Now

by Wendi Aarons

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by Max Davison
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by Chas Gillespie