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• Nonfiction > Memoir
  The Woes of a Right-Brained Thinker: English Vs. Math

  

  By Charnell, Bedford, IN

  Second grade started a chain of events that led to my severe aversion to math and subsequent passion for English. It began with my parents who were so overly eager to see me in class they didn’t wait in the office for me to leave for my doctor’s appointment. Instead, they stood in the doorway, a...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  I Know You

  

  By Charnell, Bedford, IN

  Oh, I know who you are. You are: shakers and floppers, SCREAMERS and WAILERS! You dance and dance, jumping about even though you’re in church. Arms reaching heavenward are waved around and around like some odd machine. Hoping for what? Let me tell you who you are. Amen-ers! Shouters! As i...
• Reviews > Book Reviews
  Fast Food Nation: by Eric Schlosser

  

  By Charnell, Bedford, IN

  Most reports about the fast food industry refer to nothing more than the food. It's terrible for you. It makes people obese. There are fingers in the chili. While the information about the food is important, it's a bit superficial and, well, obvious. But the fast food industry is not just about food...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  Learning the Manner of Nature

  

  By Charnell, Bedford, IN

  “Would you like me to come with you?” My husband asked, as I parked the car on a barely visible, gravel road. We were so deep in the country that it was overgrown with creeping vines and tall grasses. His quiet voice seemed louder in the absence of cars and horns and busy people. The only nois...