Victor Lana has published numerous stories and articles in literary magazines and online, including his favorite haunt here at Blogcritics. His books A Death in Prague (2002),Move (2003) and The Savage Quiet September Sun: A Collection of 9/11 Stories are available at online bookstores. His new novel, Like a Passing Shadow will be available soon.
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The Posters on Our Walls
Growing up in the 70s, my sister and I had posters of Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett on our walls.
There is a layering of Christmases past for me, sort of like an onion tree ornament that can be peeled off to reveal each year.
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Obama's Speech: Is It Plagiarism or Just Words?
Everyone must realize that, yes, they are just words, but in academia, politics, and every day life, words really do matter.
The thing that worries me the most: long-term deals with pitchers are usually a bust.
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Has Enough Time Passed To Start Forgetting 9/11?
If you want us to forget 9/11, you’ll have to wait until all of us who lost someone that day are laid to rest ourselves.
I find the turn of the calendar to September exhilarating, and I have felt this way since childhood.
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Movie Review: Disney's High School Musical 2 - We're All in This Together
Director Kenny Ortega and his singing and dancing minions deliver a slam-dunk sequel that in some ways is even better than the original.
In the end, when I think about these records the feeling I get is nothing close to warm and fuzzy but more like moist and fetid.
The film goes from impossible to improbable in the first thirty minutes, but that didn’t stop me from going along for an enjoyable, but rather bumpy, ride.
How many of his home runs actually should count? Well, when did Barry start looking like one half of Hans and Franz?
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