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Go ahead, be sarcastic
Leave a commentJuly 27, 2015 by carolinetanski
Sometimes I command, “Internet, validate me!” and it works. “While practitioners of sarcasm have long believed intuitively that the “mental …
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I was seven in my sister’s Geo Tracker
Leave a commentJuly 23, 2015 by carolinetanski
“At twenty I fancy myself a connoisseur, telling the hot English professor I want so badly to love me — …
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Afternoon book chat
1July 13, 2015 by carolinetanski
Once I finish my reading for Marla’s book club, I’ll be picking up Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me. …
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Lots of news
1July 8, 2015 by carolinetanski
So much has been happening! The amazing Traveling MarLa has invited me to be a featured reader in her Occupy …
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Widener 100
Leave a commentJune 19, 2015 by carolinetanski
When I moved to Boston in 2006, my first job was in a basement room of the Widener Library, the …
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“Excerpts from Philosophers’ Breakup Letters Throughout History”
Leave a commentJune 12, 2015 by carolinetanski
From a couple of days ago, the New Yorker takes us inside some notable breakups of prominent philosophers. “One day …
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76<100
Leave a commentJune 4, 2015 by carolinetanski
In further evidence that Pittsburgh is great, artist Elana Schlenker has opened a pop-up store in Garfield with a “pay …
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How to skin a komodo dragon
1May 29, 2015 by carolinetanski
The squeamish may want to avoid this Atlantic article, but those who are interested in reptiles, veterinary science, and digital …
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Texts from Prufrock
1May 21, 2015 by carolinetanski
On the Toast today, “Texts from J. Alfred Prufrock” there’s like a bunch of mermaids here and they definitely hate …
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New at Knee-Jerk: baseball!
Leave a commentMay 20, 2015 by carolinetanski
No one will mistake me for an avid sports fan, but I do have a weakness for baseball. The newest …
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Caroline Tanski
Essayist, poet, and editor.
Caroline Tanski 