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2002

• Flannery O’Connor by Jamelah Earle on November 12, 2002
• LitKicks BongoBeat Wintertime Poetry Happening (1 comment) by Jamelah Earle on December 16, 2002

2003

• Amiri Baraka by Jamelah Earle on January 5, 2003
• Gary Snyder and Environmental Activism by Jamelah Earle on June 22, 2003
• The Litkicks Summer Poetry Shindig by Jamelah Earle on July 8, 2003
• Villanelles, Sonnets and Meter by Jamelah Earle on September 25, 2003
• Children’s Literature by Jamelah Earle on December 14, 2003

2004

• An Interview With Robert Creeley by Jamelah Earle on March 2, 2004
• Books on Film (20 comments) by Jamelah Earle on November 11, 2004
• Two Tickets to Paradise Lost (19 comments) by Jamelah Earle on December 2, 2004
• Danger on Peaks: Gary Snyder’s Latest (16 comments) by Jamelah Earle on December 24, 2004

2005

• What Are You Reading? (30 comments) by Jamelah Earle on January 6, 2005
• Shakespeare for the Modern World (34 comments) by Jamelah Earle on January 14, 2005
• Death Becomes You (95 comments) by Jamelah Earle on January 21, 2005
• Two Beat Legends: A Tribute (22 comments) by Jamelah Earle on January 28, 2005
• Write Like You Talk (29 comments) by Jamelah Earle on February 4, 2005
• Action’s Back! Alright! (4 comments) by Jamelah Earle on February 18, 2005
• Literary Black History (10 comments) by Jamelah Earle on February 25, 2005
• The Literary Open Road (18 comments) by Jamelah Earle on March 4, 2005
• Literature’s Purpose? (8 comments) by Jamelah Earle on March 11, 2005
• So Long, Lamantia (6 comments) by Jamelah Earle on March 14, 2005
• The Craft (23 comments) by Jamelah Earle on March 18, 2005
• Some Time Bye and Bye (12 comments) by Jamelah Earle on March 30, 2005
• Hit Me Baby One More Time (40 comments) by Jamelah Earle on April 1, 2005
• Fair Game? (19 comments) by Jamelah Earle on April 8, 2005
• A Good Story (11 comments) by Jamelah Earle on April 21, 2005
• Books at the Movies (23 comments) by Jamelah Earle on April 29, 2005
• Getting Started (9 comments) by Jamelah Earle on May 6, 2005
• The Magnificent Seven (6 comments) by Jamelah Earle on May 9, 2005
• It’s That Time Again… (15 comments) by Jamelah Earle on May 16, 2005
• Like Scaling the UN Isn’t Enough… by Jamelah Earle on May 19, 2005
• Kerouac Theater (8 comments) by Jamelah Earle on May 21, 2005
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• Interview With John Lawson (3 comments) by Jamelah Earle on June 8, 2005
• Happy Bloomsday! (7 comments) by Jamelah Earle on June 16, 2005
• Words, etc. (26 comments) by Jamelah Earle on June 22, 2005
• The Shakespeare Code, Revealed (10 comments) by Jamelah Earle on June 29, 2005
• I Read the News Today, Oh Boy (6 comments) by Jamelah Earle on July 7, 2005
• Literary Meme-O-Gram: Either vs. Or #2 (30 comments) by Jamelah Earle on July 11, 2005
• Jamelah Reads the Classics: An Introduction (22 comments) by Jamelah Earle on July 12, 2005
• Vonnegut Endorses Sheindlin (3 comments) by Jamelah Earle on July 13, 2005
• Inside the Chocolate Factory (6 comments) by Jamelah Earle on July 16, 2005
• An Interview With Gary Mex Glazner (2 comments) by Jamelah Earle on July 18, 2005
• The Aeneid: Observations (9 comments) by Jamelah Earle on July 22, 2005
• Literary Meme-O-Gram: Either vs. Or #3 (6 comments) by Jamelah Earle on August 2, 2005
• Jamelah Reads the Classics: The Aeneid (16 comments) by Jamelah Earle on August 4, 2005
• Jamelah Reads the Classics: Inferno (11 comments) by Jamelah Earle on August 15, 2005
• Jamelah Reads the Classics: Canzoniere (6 comments) by Jamelah Earle on August 22, 2005
• Jamelah Reads the Classics: Troilus and Cressida (3 comments) by Jamelah Earle on August 29, 2005
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• Relics (14 comments) by Jamelah Earle on September 20, 2005
• Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman (6 comments) by Jamelah Earle on October 3, 2005
• Milty Goes to Hollywood (10 comments) by Jamelah Earle on October 14, 2005
• Shakespeare Code Revealed. Again. (12 comments) by Jamelah Earle on October 19, 2005
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• Jamelah Reads the Classics: Mansfield Park (2 comments) by Jamelah Earle on November 9, 2005
• Two New Poetry Books (3 comments) by Jamelah Earle on December 12, 2005

2006

• Jamelah Reads the Classics: Anna Karenina (25 comments) by Jamelah Earle on January 3, 2006
• Memetastic: Either vs. Or #4 (36 comments) by Jamelah Earle on January 20, 2006
• Young Adult Fiction Roundup (2 comments) by Jamelah Earle on January 31, 2006
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• Roll Over, Da Vinci (10 comments) by Jamelah Earle on May 22, 2006
• Jamelah Reads the Classics: St. Guglielma (5 comments) by Jamelah Earle on July 6, 2006
• Of Harry Potter and Horses (6 comments) by Jamelah Earle on August 1, 2006
• Two Memoirs: A Review (6 comments) by Jamelah Earle on August 8, 2006
• Bouncy Castle Hamlet and Other Links (on a Plane) (1 comment) by Jamelah Earle on August 15, 2006
• What Are You Reading? (22 comments) by Jamelah Earle on August 21, 2006
• Under the Influence (7 comments) by Jamelah Earle on August 23, 2006
• Everybody’s Linking for the Weekend (2 comments) by Jamelah Earle on August 25, 2006
• Jamelah Reads the Classics: The Tragedy of Mariam (2 comments) by Jamelah Earle on August 30, 2006
• Reading for Pleasure (13 comments) by Jamelah Earle on September 6, 2006
• For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn. (11 comments) by Jamelah Earle on September 20, 2006
• The Bard of Bad Writing (9 comments) by Jamelah Earle on September 27, 2006
• Judging Books By Their Covers (7 comments) by Jamelah Earle on October 5, 2006
• Politics and Literature (and Terrell Owens) (1 comment) by Jamelah Earle on October 11, 2006
• 1001 Ways to Spend the Next Twenty Years (8 comments) by Jamelah Earle on October 18, 2006
• Mark Z. Danielewski Broke My Heart (4 comments) by Jamelah Earle on October 25, 2006
• Three Completely Unrelated Books (2 comments) by Jamelah Earle on November 1, 2006
• Jamelah Reads The Classics: Oroonoko (2 comments) by Jamelah Earle on November 8, 2006
• The Necessity of Poetry (13 comments) by Jamelah Earle on November 22, 2006
• The Art of the Chapbook (18 comments) by Jamelah Earle on November 29, 2006
• The Best Book Ever (46 comments) by Jamelah Earle on December 6, 2006
• Literary Christmas Shopping Guide (7 comments) by Jamelah Earle on December 19, 2006

2007

• Literary New Year’s Resolutions (15 comments) by Jamelah Earle on January 3, 2007
• Cringing (5 comments) by Jamelah Earle on January 10, 2007
• Failing Better with Zadie Smith (2 comments) by Jamelah Earle on January 17, 2007
• Five Plays I Love (13 comments) by Jamelah Earle on January 24, 2007
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• The Process (25 comments) by Jamelah Earle on February 7, 2007
• A Game of Chess (15 comments) by Jamelah Earle on February 14, 2007
• How Much Are You Reading? (11 comments) by Jamelah Earle on February 21, 2007
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• Uncle Milty (4 comments) by Jamelah Earle on March 7, 2007
• The Invisible Writer (16 comments) by Jamelah Earle on March 15, 2007
• Becoming Multilingual (12 comments) by Jamelah Earle on March 21, 2007
• Thirteen Items of Interest (4 comments) by Jamelah Earle on March 28, 2007
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