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  • March 21, 2011
    Dispatches From a Guy Trying Unsuccessfully to Sell a Song in Nashville: Dispatch 27: Yep, Barry Manilow, Heh Heh
    by Charlie Hopper
  • March 15, 2011
    Bianca, the Covert Toronto Escort With a Day Job: Column 9: Coming Out
    by Miss Bianca
  • March 11, 2011
    In These Deserts: War Stories From Afghanistan: Column 9: Hours
    by Nathan Bradley
  • March 10, 2011
    Balls Out: A Column On Being Transgendered: Column 9: Hair
    by Casey Plett
  • March 8, 2011
    Playing Doctor: Column 8: The Foot Bone’s Connected to the Talocrural Joint
    by Robert Isenberg
  • March 8, 2011
    Dispatches From a Guy Trying Unsuccessfully to Sell a Song in Nashville: Dispatch 26: Where the Decisions Are His and Hers and His
    by Charlie Hopper
  • March 4, 2011
    Chris White Answers Profound Questions About the Presidents: When Did Things Get So Mean?
    by Chris White
  • March 2, 2011
    Touch Me: A Column About Massage: Column 8: Bend or Break
    by Christy Vannoy
  • March 1, 2011
    Notes From the Caddieshack: Column 8: In Search of a Lost Ball
    by Tim Peters
  • February 28, 2011
    Selections From the Cosby Codex: Selection 8: Contemporary American Political and Social Allegory in The Cosby Show or How Cliff Huxtable Learned to Suffer and Long for the Bomb
    by James Fleming
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