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All posts tagged

small-talk

December 18, 2019

Critics Review Your Small Talk At the Holiday Party

by Janet Manley and Camille Manley
May 31, 2019

Conversation Starters For You and Your Therapist

by Mia Mercado
February 3, 2016

Look At Me! I’m Mingling!

by Agathe Panaretos
September 9, 2014

Yeah, Well the Weather Doesn’t Want to Talk About You Either

by Sam Corrao Clanon
January 9, 2013

Now That’s What I Call Small Talk, Volume 452,793!

by Dan Rozier
October 18, 2010

Small Talks

by Sloan Schang
October 18, 2004

Sestina: Posttraumatic Small-Talk Disorder

by Brooks Haxton

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September 2, 2021

Oh My Fucking God, Get the Fucking Vaccine Already, You Fucking Fucks

by Wendy Molyneux
October 8, 2021

A Typical Friday in Oregon, as Imagined by My East Coast Friends

by Gracie Beaver-Kairis
September 22, 2021

It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers

by Colin Nissan
October 14, 2021

Academic Job Market or Squid Game?

by Rebecca Richardson

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October 27, 2021

Halloween Costumes We Already Have in Our Closet

by Wendi Aarons and Gloria Fallon
October 27, 2021

Short Conversations with Poets: Diane Seuss

by Jesse Nathan
October 27, 2021

An Open Letter to Tiffany & Co. About Their Advertising Campaign for the Ring That Helps Women Remember They Survived Cancer

by Gila Pfeffer
October 26, 2021

Quiz: Is Your Child Two Years Old?

by Carly Hallam