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I’ll Take You There by Joyce Carol Oates
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— 3 May 2004 Martin Skidmore Comment

I’ll Take You There by Joyce Carol Oates
This is, according to the listing in the front of this book, Oates’s 86th book in less than 40 years – and since it’s from way back in 2002, she’s probably passed 90 by now. There[…]

The only reason
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— 3 May 2004 CarsmileSteve Comment

The only reason i’m linking to this story is so i can use the line “Snapple Crisis Hits New York” and make you sing frank and walters songs to yourself all day…[…]

when i hear the phrase ‘dumbing down’ i reach 4 my gum…
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— 3 May 2004 mark sinker Comment

when i hear the phrase ‘dumbing down’ i reach 4 my gum…
I can’t quite make up my mind abt Nick Knowles’s Historyonics, a BBC TV series for kids (?judging by the timeslot?), which retells historical events in a form whi[…]

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