Ancient Grains Archive
Close-Reading “Dear Prudie”
Advice, Ancient Grains
Jul 31, 2013
HAVE YOU SEEN the thing in "Dear Prudie" about the mom wanting her son's girlfriend to wear a bra? Oh, of course you have. Everyone reads "Dear Prudie." What's that perfect Kids in the Hall thing about Doors fans? Right now there's an old lady on
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Cut From the Classics: Bettina Thrush
Ancient Grains, Books
Jul 31, 2013
Cut from the Classics brings your favorite novels to life as never before. Each week we present a profile of a character who originally appeared in the first draft of a major work of fiction, but was subsequently cut from the final draft. This insight into each author’s process brings a fuller,
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Texts From Moby Dick
Ancient Grains, Books, Texts From
Jul 31, 2013
HROOOOOOOARRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOGH
good God in heaven
what is this?
HROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOARRRRRRGGGGGHHHOOOOOORROOOOOHHH
it is the whale
it is the whale!
Bellow all you like
this boat never sheers off from anything that wears the shape of a whale
LOLLLLLL no
it's just me
Jesu Christ
Ahab?
lol you should have seen the look on your face
my face?
are you here?
are you in my cabin?
lol
maybe
my God
I thought the
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Jolie, What’s In Your Salad?
Ancient Grains, Food
Jul 31, 2013
Previous Jolie salads can be found here.
Everybody knows that salad is the best part of the meal. Wait. That might not be right? But … could it be? I believe it might. You see, my superpower is making incredibly good salads. It is, admittedly, a strange superpower to have but we
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Slightly Less Beloved Classics: Cold Comfort Farm and Nightingale Wood
Ancient Grains, Books
Jul 30, 2013
Slightly Less Beloved Classics takes a second look at the lesser-known works of celebrated authors. Here we shall decide what is to remain by the wayside and what is to be led gaily back home, lauded with timbrels and trumpets and fatted calves. This first installment concerns English novelist Stella Gibbons and
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Ghost Stories: The Haunted Restaurant
Ancient Grains, Weird True Tales
Jul 30, 2013
Everyone’s got a good ghost story. They come from our hometown, our school, from the road trip we took, the library we worked in, something that our best friend’s brother’s boyfriend’s tennis partner swears actually happened the night she was alone in the house. Why do these stories stick around – and
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The Bees Offer a Mystical Journey of Self-Discovery
Ancient Grains, Weird True Tales
Jul 30, 2013
Wake up.
Oh, my God, you're a bee. Why are you talking to me?
We read comment threads. We know when a little girl needs to have her mind and heart expanded.
I'm thirty years old.
As long as you hate and fear bees, you will be forever a child.
Okay.
Pardon?
Okay, that sounds good.
No, we're
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Dreaming With Jen Doll: Vermin and Becoming Rain
Ancient Grains, Dreams
Jul 30, 2013
Previous installments in this series can be found here.
Dear Dreamers,
When last we convened, I asked for submissions of “pregnancy dreams” and promised the topic would be fodder for my next column. Just a bit of clarification: When I say pregnancy dreams, I mean dreams about being pregnant, or having a baby,
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