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Kaya Oakes
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On Friday, my endodonist sliced my lower right gum open and dug a large abscess out of the bone, then drilled off the ends of the root of one of my molars and stitched me back up. By the time I got home, I was in the kind of weeping, shrieking pain that I've only experienced once before, when this same tooth developed its first abscess, seven years ago. After a couple of days of Vicodin, ice ...
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Slanted and Enchanted: The Evolution of Indie Culture   3.37 avg rating — 139 ratings
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2009
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Telegraph 4.68 avg rating — 25 ratings
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2007
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Radical Reinvention: An Unlikely Return to the Catholic Church 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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2012
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Due to the crappy economy, I'm not going on a mega extensive book tour, so if you'd like to ask a question about the book, go for it. I'll take questi...more
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A group/club designed for those lucky readers who both love the Oulipo poetry of Andrew Demcak and have an unending sweettooth for salt-water taffy.
