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Man Reading Book and Sitting on Bookshelf in Library

Reaching People: A Parable with Bookstores, Libraries, Museums and the Internet

September 24, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Clarisse Thorn Regular readers won’t be surprised to learn that I’ve worked in more than one bookstore. I read obsessively when I was growing up; I wrote constantly, and […]

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Art/Culture, Books, Education, Social Justice
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Capitalism Was Just a Red Herring: The Conservative Allure of Ayn Rand

September 5, 2012by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by: Kevin Sparrow I answered the siren call of Ayn Rand between my junior and senior years of high school when I picked up Atlas Shrugged on a whim. I […]

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Art/Culture, Books, Personal
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Are Books These Days Empowering Young Women?

August 27, 2012by inourwordsblog 2 Comments

by: Khai Devon When I was 10 years old, I read Jane Eyre for the first time. It’s a silly book, really and I know this now because I’m 24, […]

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Art/Culture, Commentary, Feminism, Romance, Women
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13 Things You Can Do Instead of Missing Someone

August 16, 2012by inourwordsblog 4 Comments

by: Nico Lang 1. Get off your butt and get the f**k out of your house. Have you read The Great Gatsby?  Then you’ll know that pining is not sexy […]

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Dating, LGBT, Life, Relationships, Romance
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40 Little Known Facts From Patrick Gill and Nico Lang’s Biographies

July 20, 2012by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by: Patrick Gill and Nico Lang Nico on Patrick: 1. Patrick Gill was the person that Frank Ocean was talking about in his coming out letter and the inspiration for […]

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Friends, Humor/Satire, LGBT, Life, Loose Ends
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Disconnected: The Week I Was Free of the Internet

July 16, 2012by inourwordsblog 2 Comments

by: Joshua Isaacson Consider this post a diary of sorts, reflecting on six days of my life that were free from the internet. Monday, July 2 I arrived at my […]

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LGBT, Life
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An Eccentric, Gay Wizard: How Fantasy Heroes Inspire Us

July 16, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Rohan Lewis When J. K. Rowling decided that it was due time for Albus Dumbledore to leave the closet, I was initially ecstatic. I was listening to the radio, […]

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Art/Culture, Books, Gay, LGBT, Life, Media/Entertainment
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Cornfields, Stars and Books: What I Paid Attention To When I Quit the Internet

July 13, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Joshua Isaacson Packed in my overnight bag for my visit to my hometown for 4th of July was my goal for the week: four books. You know, those weird stacks […]

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Advice, LGBT, Life
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14 Reasons I Know It’s Not Going to Work Out With Him

July 12, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Todd Andrew Clayton I’ve been on a lot of first dates. As it happens, everyone has a gay uncle, or brother, or “guy I went to State with, and OMG […]

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Advice, Dating, Gay, LGBT, Life, Relationships, Sex
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No Protection: The Exquisite Suffering of Philip Roth

June 8, 2012by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by: Greg Sato A few years ago, I won a bet by reading every book that Philip Roth ever published. I still haven’t gotten that bucket of Maker’s Mark I […]

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Art/Culture, Books

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