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    A Subway Performer’s Application Essay to Juilliard
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    William Smith: The College-Application Essay
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    by Carrie Shemanski
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    Stained Teeth: A Column About Wine: Column 4: A Very Short Visit to Wine Country: Part One
    by Matthew Latkiewicz
  • April 4, 2006
    A Rejected Submission to NPR’s “This I Believe.”
    by Rachel Proctor May
  • September 21, 2005
    Dispatches From Adjunct Faculty at a Large State University: Dispatch 4: On Autonomy
    by Oronte Churm
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