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    by Brian Dunn
  • January 28, 2016
    An Open Letter to Charles Darwin and God About the Hair Sprouting From My Ears
    by Russ Vandermaas-Peeler
  • October 15, 2015
    An Open Letter to College Students with Middle-Aged Female Professors
    by Angie Pelekidis
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