Archive for October, 2011

• 1October 12, 2011

  The Importance Of The Detroit Tigers, by Rosicky Jones

  While the Detroit Tigers are in the midst of an autumn run towards baseball immortality, Michigan is dealing with its...

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• 0October 11, 2011

  Adrenaline Junkie, by Nicole Boquette

  I get nervous once a week. My palms sweat, I get nauseous and queasy, and every one of those fight...

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• 1October 11, 2011

  Ten Years, Twenty Years, Thirty Years, by Tom Dinard

  It hits you for a moment while you have Chad Harbach’s beautiful new novel, The Art of Fielding, open in...

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• 1October 11, 2011

  The Game Of Carts, by Phil Testa

  It was grandiose. One of the largest arenas I had ever seen in person. At first glance it looked as...

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• 3October 6, 2011

  New Fall Sitcoms: The Not Bad, the Bad, and the Very Bad, by Matt Shirley

  As the days get shorter and the ladies begin packing on their obesity to survive the harsh winter, so comes...

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• 1October 5, 2011

  Snake Jars And A Baby, by Rosicky Jones

  Detroit streets feature an endless miscellany of distressed buildings and gravel parking lots primed for me to occupy for a...

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• 9October 4, 2011

  Conference Realignment: Why Iowa State Is More Important Than You Think, by Paul Shirley

  Normally, I feel about college sports what I feel about Bartlett pears; if it’s the right season, maybe, but otherwise,...

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• 0October 3, 2011

  Ten Steps To Eliminating Writer’s Block, by Tom Dinard

  1. Get yourself away from a computer. 2. Ditch your phone. 3. Get the edge off somehow (Shower, drink a...

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