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Book Sword: Allen Ginsberg, Oscar Wilde & More
Book Sword: Allen Ginsberg, Oscar Wilde & More
By Kate Gavino
June 24, 2013

We take literary-minded words and anagram them to find ... deeper meaning? Hidden truth? Happy coincidence?

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Nobody Gets Famous in Chicago
Nobody Gets Famous in Chicago
By Julia Langbein
June 20, 2013

How the Back Room Shakespeare Project Gave Up on Theatre — and Revived It

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Good Speech
Good Speech
By Julia Langbein
June 19, 2013

The Weird, True Story Behind Good Speech, also Known as "The-a-tah Voice"

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