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Get Unstuck: A Generative Writing Class
A recording from Kimberly King Parsons and Chelsea Bieker's live video
24 hrs ago • Kimberly King Parsons and Chelsea Bieker
Lucia Berlin's "Cherry Blossom Time"
In berserk circles forever
Jul 25 • Kimberly King Parsons
Jess Arndt’s “Third Arm”
Hornier than Kafka
Jul 17 • Kimberly King Parsons
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Sam Lipsyte's "I'm Slavering"
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Mary Robison's WHY DID I EVER
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Diane Williams's "Orgasms"
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Mary Gaitskill's "Daisy's Valentine"
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Lisa Taddeo’s ANIMAL
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Garielle Lutz’s “Mine”
Feb 6 • Kimberly King Parsons
Mary Robison's WHY DID I EVER
Well, shit man
Jul 11 • Kimberly King Parsons
Amy Hempel’s “Pool Night”
The death wish waiting
Jul 3
Barry Hannah's "Coming Close to Donna"
Some eternal teenage moment
Jun 12 • Kimberly King Parsons
Susan Steinberg's "Universal"
In no way
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Merritt Tierce's LOVE ME BACK
Lodged in the mire
May 29 • Kimberly King Parsons
Valerie Laken's "Family Planning"
Hulking in the half dark
May 23 • Kimberly King Parsons
Diane Williams’s “All American”
Getting away with it
May 15 • Kimberly King Parsons
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