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    An Open Letter to Cambridge University Press, Regarding Odor
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  • September 22, 2006
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    by Eric Heedum
  • September 6, 2006
    An Open Letter to My Lost Bikini Bra
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  • August 23, 2006
    An Open Letter to Wendy
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    An Open Letter to My 80-Year-Old Parents’ New Buick Park Avenue Ultra
    by Jeanne Shoemaker
  • July 10, 2006
    An Open Letter to James Randi Regarding His “One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge”
    by Jennifer Dziura
  • June 22, 2006
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    by Vladimir Maicovski
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