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Archive By Year

January 2005

• From Voltaire's Candide: A Boiling Sea (11 comments) by Levi Asher on January 3, 2005
• Literacy of Society (28 comments) by Caryn Thurman on January 5, 2005
• What Are You Reading? (30 comments) by Jamelah Earle on January 6, 2005
• Sontag 101 (24 comments) by Levi Asher on January 9, 2005
• What Are You Writing? (62 comments) by Caryn Thurman on January 12, 2005
• Shakespeare for the Modern World (34 comments) by Jamelah Earle on January 14, 2005
• Seeing the Harrow (20 comments) by Levi Asher on January 17, 2005
• Have Pen, Will Travel (44 comments) by Caryn Thurman on January 19, 2005
• Death Becomes You (95 comments) by Jamelah Earle on January 21, 2005
• Shakespeare’s in the Alley? (46 comments) by Levi Asher on January 23, 2005
• Books That Move You (64 comments) by Caryn Thurman on January 26, 2005
• Two Beat Legends: A Tribute (22 comments) by Jamelah Earle on January 28, 2005
• The Curious Incident of the Metaphor in the Book (57 comments) by Levi Asher on January 30, 2005

February 2005

• Flavor of the Week (43 comments) by Caryn Thurman on February 2, 2005
• Write Like You Talk (29 comments) by Jamelah Earle on February 4, 2005
• What Are You Reading? (76 comments) by Caryn Thurman on February 9, 2005
• Mortals in Love (26 comments) by Levi Asher on February 14, 2005
• The Return of Seen and Heard (35 comments) by Caryn Thurman on February 16, 2005
• Action’s Back! Alright! (4 comments) by Jamelah Earle on February 18, 2005
• Death of a Salesman (6 comments) by Levi Asher on February 20, 2005
• Hunter S. Thompson: Gonzo is Gone (99 comments) by Levi Asher on February 21, 2005
• Dear Diary … (29 comments) by Caryn Thurman on February 23, 2005
• Literary Black History (10 comments) by Jamelah Earle on February 25, 2005
• The Dante Code Vs. The Da Vinci Club (22 comments) by Levi Asher on February 27, 2005

March 2005

• Methods to the Madness (26 comments) by Caryn Thurman on March 2, 2005
• The Literary Open Road (18 comments) by Jamelah Earle on March 4, 2005
• The Beat (26 comments) by Levi Asher on March 6, 2005
• Seen and Heard (5 comments) by Caryn Thurman on March 9, 2005
• Literature’s Purpose? (8 comments) by Jamelah Earle on March 11, 2005
• One Poem (76 comments) by Levi Asher on March 13, 2005
• So Long, Lamantia (6 comments) by Jamelah Earle on March 14, 2005
• Seen and Heard (13 comments) by Caryn Thurman on March 16, 2005
• The Craft (23 comments) by Jamelah Earle on March 18, 2005
• Favorite Poem: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (40 comments) by Levi Asher on March 20, 2005
• What Are You Reading? (45 comments) by Caryn Thurman on March 23, 2005
• The LitKicks Board Archive (72 comments) by Levi Asher on March 28, 2005
• Seen and Heard (24 comments) by Caryn Thurman on March 30, 2005
• Some Time Bye and Bye (12 comments) by Jamelah Earle on March 30, 2005

April 2005

• Hit Me Baby One More Time (40 comments) by Jamelah Earle on April 1, 2005
• A Reader’s Manifesto (25 comments) by Levi Asher on April 1, 2005
• Seen and Heard (22 comments) by Caryn Thurman on April 6, 2005
• Fair Game? (19 comments) by Jamelah Earle on April 8, 2005
• Poker Is A Writer’s Game (44 comments) by Levi Asher on April 9, 2005
• A Cuban Dream (18 comments) by Caryn Thurman on April 13, 2005
• Literature's Final Table: An Imaginary Poker Match by Levi Asher on April 16, 2005
• Alienation (8 comments) by Levi Asher on April 17, 2005
• Where (and What) Are You Reading? (35 comments) by Caryn Thurman on April 20, 2005
• A Good Story (11 comments) by Jamelah Earle on April 21, 2005
• Chronicles of the Tarantula (16 comments) by Levi Asher on April 25, 2005
• Bookmarked (12 comments) by Caryn Thurman on April 27, 2005
• Books at the Movies (23 comments) by Jamelah Earle on April 29, 2005

May 2005

• Found Poetry (23 comments) by Levi Asher on May 1, 2005
• Literary Landmarks (10 comments) by Caryn Thurman on May 4, 2005
• Getting Started (9 comments) by Jamelah Earle on May 6, 2005
• Six Month Review (4 comments) by Levi Asher on May 8, 2005
• Spoken Word: Don’t Call It a Comeback (3 comments) by Caryn Thurman on May 9, 2005
• Beat Garage Sale (1 comment) by Caryn Thurman on May 9, 2005
• The Magnificent Seven (6 comments) by Jamelah Earle on May 9, 2005
• Poetry With Lou (7 comments) by Levi Asher on May 10, 2005
• Paul is Back (13 comments) by Levi Asher on May 10, 2005
• From Kerouac to Brando (4 comments) by Levi Asher on May 11, 2005
• The Next Da Vinci Code? (7 comments) by Caryn Thurman on May 11, 2005
• What about William Vollmann? (3 comments) by Levi Asher on May 12, 2005
• Young Named CA Poet Laureate (4 comments) by Caryn Thurman on May 13, 2005
• Sunday Morning: the Book Review (2 comments) by Levi Asher on May 15, 2005
• It’s That Time Again… (15 comments) by Jamelah Earle on May 16, 2005
• Getting Paid (9 comments) by Levi Asher on May 17, 2005
• The Man in Black (4 comments) by Caryn Thurman on May 17, 2005
• Live and Let Write (2 comments) by Caryn Thurman on May 17, 2005
• Count Blogula by Caryn Thurman on May 17, 2005
• Join the Pale Fire Deathmarch by Levi Asher on May 18, 2005
• Virtual Dylan Thomas (2 comments) by Caryn Thurman on May 19, 2005
• Following Up: The Beat Garage Sale (3 comments) by Caryn Thurman on May 19, 2005
• Like Scaling the UN Isn’t Enough… by Jamelah Earle on May 19, 2005
• Clinton Admits ‘My Life’ Too Long by Caryn Thurman on May 20, 2005
• What about John Updike? (5 comments) by Levi Asher on May 20, 2005
• Kerouac Theater (8 comments) by Jamelah Earle on May 21, 2005
• Harper Lee Makes Rare Appearance (9 comments) by Caryn Thurman on May 22, 2005
• Reviewing the Review: Week Two (8 comments) by Levi Asher on May 23, 2005
• DeAf Jam (3 comments) by Caryn Thurman on May 23, 2005
• Watered Down Literature (20 comments) by Caryn Thurman on May 24, 2005
• Depp as Hunter, Again (3 comments) by Levi Asher on May 24, 2005
• Books, As Far As the Eye Can See! (3 comments) by Caryn Thurman on May 24, 2005
• Live, From the LitKicks Laboratory: Storycode.com (7 comments) by Jamelah Earle on May 24, 2005
• Stallone Takes on Poe (9 comments) by Caryn Thurman on May 25, 2005
• Literary Meme-O-Gram: Either vs. Or (22 comments) by Jamelah Earle on May 25, 2005
• Merchant of Merchant-Ivory (1 comment) by Levi Asher on May 26, 2005
• Starving Artists? (9 comments) by Caryn Thurman on May 26, 2005
• Hiphop Postmodernism: Getting Meta With It (3 comments) by Levi Asher on May 27, 2005
• Which Came First? (10 comments) by Caryn Thurman on May 29, 2005
• Reviewing the Review: May 29, 2005 by Levi Asher on May 29, 2005
• In Memoriam … A Vietnam Poet (2 comments) by Caryn Thurman on May 30, 2005
• Two Literary Landmarks in the News (1 comment) by Caryn Thurman on May 31, 2005
• Google Gets Into Books (2 comments) by Levi Asher on May 31, 2005
• Milestone (3 comments) by Levi Asher on May 31, 2005

June 2005

• Mad to Live in Denver? (9 comments) by Caryn Thurman on June 1, 2005
• Minnesota Draws the Line at Poet Laureate (7 comments) by Caryn Thurman on June 1, 2005
• Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass at 150 (1 comment) by Caryn Thurman on June 1, 2005
• What Are You Reading? (64 comments) by Caryn Thurman on June 2, 2005
• Ismail Kadare Takes 1st International Man Booker Prize by Caryn Thurman on June 2, 2005
• Vergeen: the System of a Down (12 comments) by Levi Asher on June 2, 2005
• The Big O for Faulkner (7 comments) by Caryn Thurman on June 3, 2005
• Def Poetry Jam is Coming Back (2 comments) by Levi Asher on June 4, 2005
• Douglas Coupland: ‘I Love Lego!’ (5 comments) by Caryn Thurman on June 5, 2005
• Reviewing the Review: June 5, 2005 (4 comments) by Levi Asher on June 5, 2005
• No Purchase Necessary (2 comments) by Caryn Thurman on June 6, 2005
• Until I Find A Shorter Book (8 comments) by Levi Asher on June 7, 2005
• Printers Row Book Fair (6 comments) by Caryn Thurman on June 8, 2005
• My Kind of Town (Chicago Is) (4 comments) by Caryn Thurman on June 8, 2005
• Interview With John Lawson (3 comments) by Jamelah Earle on June 8, 2005
• Literary Lost and Found (1 comment) by Caryn Thurman on June 8, 2005
• Kerouac Unsealed (9 comments) by Caryn Thurman on June 9, 2005
• Dave Chappelle: Def Poet by Levi Asher on June 9, 2005
• Tom And Viv: Eating a Peach (2 comments) by Levi Asher on June 9, 2005
• Def Poetry Jam: June 10, 2005 (7 comments) by Levi Asher on June 11, 2005
• Are You Experienced? (25 comments) by Caryn Thurman on June 12, 2005
• Reviewing the Review: June 12 2005 (7 comments) by Levi Asher on June 12, 2005
• Printer’s Row: Eyewitness Report (12 comments) by Caryn Thurman on June 13, 2005
• Let’s Get Small (8 comments) by Levi Asher on June 15, 2005
• Happy Bloomsday! (7 comments) by Jamelah Earle on June 16, 2005
• LitKicks Quick Picks (5 comments) by Caryn Thurman on June 16, 2005
• Calling for Reviews: Def Poetry #2 by Levi Asher on June 17, 2005
• American Life in Poetry: Grandfather (2 comments) by Caryn Thurman on June 17, 2005
• Write It Like It’s Hot by Levi Asher on June 17, 2005
• Def Poetry: June 17 2005 (16 comments) by Levi Asher on June 18, 2005
• Reviewing the Review: June 19 2005 (3 comments) by Levi Asher on June 19, 2005
• Who Will Live On? (23 comments) by Levi Asher on June 21, 2005
• Words, etc. (26 comments) by Jamelah Earle on June 22, 2005
• Neopets as Fiction (2 comments) by Levi Asher on June 23, 2005
• Def Poetry: June 24 2005 (8 comments) by Levi Asher on June 25, 2005
• Reviewing the Review: June 26 2005 (7 comments) by Levi Asher on June 26, 2005
• The Author Has Left The Grid (22 comments) by Levi Asher on June 27, 2005
• Sacre Bleu! Literary Mischief Abounds in France (5 comments) by Caryn Thurman on June 28, 2005
• Shelby Foote (3 comments) by Caryn Thurman on June 28, 2005
• Off the Grid? (7 comments) by Caryn Thurman on June 29, 2005
• The Shakespeare Code, Revealed (10 comments) by Jamelah Earle on June 29, 2005
• Cubicle-Bound (17 comments) by Levi Asher on June 30, 2005

July 2005

• Def Poetry: July 1 2005 (4 comments) by Levi Asher on July 2, 2005
• Sidestepping The Review (1 comment) by Levi Asher on July 2, 2005
• Godlike, by Richard Hell (8 comments) by Levi Asher on July 5, 2005
• Hunter S. Thompson: Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride (6 comments) by Kevin Kizer on July 7, 2005
• Vidlits are Fundamental (4 comments) by Levi Asher on July 7, 2005
• I Read the News Today, Oh Boy (6 comments) by Jamelah Earle on July 7, 2005
• Copycats (1 comment) by Levi Asher on July 8, 2005
• Def Poetry: July 8 2005 (2 comments) by Levi Asher on July 9, 2005
• Adventures in Applied Topology (2 comments) by Caryn Thurman on July 9, 2005
• What Are You Reading? (52 comments) by Caryn Thurman on July 10, 2005
• Reviewing the Review: July 10 2005 by Levi Asher on July 10, 2005
• Metafiction and the 4th Wall (4 comments) by Bill Ectric on July 11, 2005
• Literary Meme-O-Gram: Either vs. Or #2 (30 comments) by Jamelah Earle on July 11, 2005
• DiCap’s in the Cradle (5 comments) by Caryn Thurman on July 11, 2005
• Nora Roberts Publishes 159th Novel (12 comments) by Caryn Thurman on July 12, 2005
• American-born Sobin Dies by Caryn Thurman on July 12, 2005
• Jamelah Reads the Classics: An Introduction (22 comments) by Jamelah Earle on July 12, 2005
• Bad Boy Book Balk Buried (8 comments) by Caryn Thurman on July 12, 2005
• Vonnegut Endorses Sheindlin (3 comments) by Jamelah Earle on July 13, 2005
• American Life in Poetry: Love Like Salt by Caryn Thurman on July 15, 2005
• Obligatory Potter Post (3 comments) by Caryn Thurman on July 15, 2005
• Def Poetry: July 15 2005 by Levi Asher on July 16, 2005
• The Secret Life of Owen Wilson by Caryn Thurman on July 16, 2005
• Inside the Chocolate Factory (6 comments) by Jamelah Earle on July 16, 2005
• Writing Novels: That’s Hot by Caryn Thurman on July 16, 2005
• I See Dead People (2 comments) by Caryn Thurman on July 16, 2005
• Reviewing the Review: July 17 2005 (3 comments) by Levi Asher on July 17, 2005
• Literary Tourism by Caryn Thurman on July 18, 2005
• Go Ahead Punk, Make My Day by Caryn Thurman on July 18, 2005
• An Interview With Gary Mex Glazner (2 comments) by Jamelah Earle on July 18, 2005
• LitKicks Quick Picks (1 comment) by Caryn Thurman on July 19, 2005
• Big Words, Big Ideas (3 comments) by Caryn Thurman on July 20, 2005
• ‘Round the Block (11 comments) by Caryn Thurman on July 20, 2005
• Idol Worship Gone Too Far (9 comments) by Bob on July 21, 2005
• The Aeneid: Observations (9 comments) by Jamelah Earle on July 22, 2005
• Def Poetry Guest Review (4 comments) by Caryn Thurman on July 22, 2005
• The Administration and the Fury by Levi Asher on July 24, 2005
• Reviewing the Review: July 24 2005 (4 comments) by Levi Asher on July 24, 2005
• Memories and Mysteriosos (5 comments) by Levi Asher on July 24, 2005
• What Are You Writing? (38 comments) by Caryn Thurman on July 26, 2005
• Prostituting the Art (8 comments) by Bob on July 27, 2005
• Cold Mountain (15 comments) by Levi Asher on July 28, 2005
• Def Poetry: July 29 2005 (1 comment) by Levi Asher on July 30, 2005
• Reviewing the Review: July 31, 2005 by Levi Asher on July 31, 2005

August 2005

• LitBits: Low Carb and Packed with Energy (4 comments) by Caryn Thurman on August 2, 2005
• To the Tick Tock Ya Don’t Stop by Caryn Thurman on August 2, 2005
• Running With Lawyers (4 comments) by Levi Asher on August 2, 2005
• Literary Meme-O-Gram: Either vs. Or #3 (6 comments) by Jamelah Earle on August 2, 2005
• Speaking of Movies … (14 comments) by Levi Asher on August 2, 2005
• Arrr, A Novel You Can’t Refuse, Mateys by Caryn Thurman on August 3, 2005
• What Are You Reading? (55 comments) by Caryn Thurman on August 3, 2005
• American Life in Poetry: Discovered (3 comments) by Caryn Thurman on August 4, 2005
• Jamelah Reads the Classics: The Aeneid (16 comments) by Jamelah Earle on August 4, 2005
• Take This Quill and Shove It (10 comments) by Caryn Thurman on August 5, 2005
• Really Though (2 comments) by Caryn Thurman on August 5, 2005
• Def Poetry: August 5 2005 by Levi Asher on August 6, 2005
• Reviewing the Review: August 7 2005 (3 comments) by Levi Asher on August 7, 2005
• Six Degrees of John Irving’s Latest Stinker (3 comments) by Caryn Thurman on August 8, 2005
• Ripples (14 comments) by Levi Asher on August 9, 2005
• Frigid Mountain (6 comments) by Levi Asher on August 10, 2005
• Bret and Fran (4 comments) by Levi Asher on August 11, 2005
• For Sale: The Origin of Jellicles (2 comments) by Caryn Thurman on August 11, 2005
• Atwood Awarded Trib Prize (3 comments) by Caryn Thurman on August 11, 2005
• Fiddy Writes A Book (6 comments) by Levi Asher on August 12, 2005
• Def Poetry: August 12 2005 by Levi Asher on August 13, 2005
• Reviewing the Review: August 14 2005 (3 comments) by Levi Asher on August 14, 2005
• The Placebo Effect (19 comments) by Caryn Thurman on August 15, 2005
• Jamelah Reads the Classics: Inferno (11 comments) by Jamelah Earle on August 15, 2005
• Hammer Time: Authors Auction Off a Chance to Appear in Their Work (11 comments) by Caryn Thurman on August 16, 2005
• Re-Reading On the Road (13 comments) by Jay Meija on August 16, 2005
• Great Moments in Literary Death (7 comments) by Levi Asher on August 18, 2005
• The Book is Dead (9 comments) by Tim Barrus on August 18, 2005
• Plan B Press Announces Short Fiction Contest by Caryn Thurman on August 19, 2005
• Lunar Park: Weird Happenings on Elsinore Lane (2 comments) by Levi Asher on August 19, 2005
• Def Poetry Season Wrap-Up (1 comment) by Levi Asher on August 20, 2005
• Reviewing the Review: August 21 2005 by Levi Asher on August 21, 2005
• You Might As Well Live (1 comment) by Caryn Thurman on August 22, 2005
• In The Air Tonight (5 comments) by Levi Asher on August 22, 2005
• Jamelah Reads the Classics: Canzoniere (6 comments) by Jamelah Earle on August 22, 2005
• Amazon Enters the Shorts Business (4 comments) by Levi Asher on August 23, 2005
• Thom Pain (Based on Nothing) by Levi Asher on August 23, 2005
• Where Does This Language Come From (12 comments) by Tim Barrus on August 23, 2005
• Book Marketing, the Lunar Approach (1 comment) by Levi Asher on August 24, 2005
• How I Learned To Write (7 comments) by Tim Barrus on August 24, 2005
• Clare to Writers: Stop Cutting in on My Turf (12 comments) by Caryn Thurman on August 25, 2005
• American Life in Poetry: The Ashes (1 comment) by Caryn Thurman on August 25, 2005
• A Writer With Cojones (6 comments) by Levi Asher on August 25, 2005
• Henry Builds A Cabin (1 comment) by Levi Asher on August 25, 2005
• Reviewing the Review: August 28 2005 (9 comments) by Levi Asher on August 28, 2005
• A Poet Goes To Crawford (6 comments) by Levi Asher on August 29, 2005
• Jamelah Reads the Classics: Troilus and Cressida (3 comments) by Jamelah Earle on August 29, 2005
• Down In The Flood (4 comments) by Levi Asher on August 31, 2005
• What Are You Reading? (58 comments) by Caryn Thurman on August 31, 2005

September 2005

• How Many Poets Does It Take To Fill The Albert Hall? (2 comments) by Levi Asher on September 1, 2005
• Bourbon Street (11 comments) by Levi Asher on September 2, 2005
• Reviewing the Review: Sept 4 2005 (1 comment) by Levi Asher on September 5, 2005
• Richard Ford and the Failure of Words (4 comments) by Levi Asher on September 5, 2005
• A Writer In Tulsa (6 comments) by Levi Asher on September 7, 2005
• Reading With God (14 comments) by Levi Asher on September 8, 2005
• Zadie Smith: England Sucks (6 comments) by Caryn Thurman on September 9, 2005
• Sander Hicks: Blowing The Whistle (4 comments) by Levi Asher on September 9, 2005
• About Us by Caryn Thurman on September 10, 2005
• LitKicks: Review Copies by Levi Asher on September 10, 2005
• Elsewhere: Literary Links by Levi Asher on September 10, 2005
• Vonnegut on Satire (5 comments) by Caryn Thurman on September 11, 2005
• Reviewing the Review: Sept 11 2005 (3 comments) by Levi Asher on September 11, 2005
• Additional Ways to Help by Caryn Thurman on September 12, 2005
• Speaking Out For Orhan Pamuk (8 comments) by Levi Asher on September 13, 2005
• What About T. C. Boyle? (7 comments) by Levi Asher on September 14, 2005
• Important New Kerouac Work (13 comments) by Levi Asher on September 15, 2005
• Jamelah Reads the Classics: Samson Agonistes (9 comments) by Jamelah Earle on September 16, 2005
• Little Shopgirl Around the Corner by Levi Asher on September 17, 2005
• Reviewing the Review: September 18 2005 (2 comments) by Levi Asher on September 18, 2005
• Thomas deQuincey: Victorian Confidential (4 comments) by Bill Ectric on September 20, 2005
• Novelists In The News (1 comment) by Levi Asher on September 20, 2005
• Relics (14 comments) by Jamelah Earle on September 20, 2005
• Sharon Olds (10 comments) by Allez33 on September 21, 2005
• Wodehouse in Remsenburg (3 comments) by Eli Stein on September 22, 2005
• Time-Bound: Why Most Litblogs Suck (18 comments) by Levi Asher on September 23, 2005
• Reviewing the Review: Sept 25 2005 by Levi Asher on September 25, 2005
• Let’s Get Graphical (9 comments) by Levi Asher on September 27, 2005
• Let’s Hear It for Escapist Reading (10 comments) by Kelly Nagle on September 28, 2005
• 50 Better (24 comments) by Levi Asher on September 28, 2005
• Bukowski Comes Alive (5 comments) by Levi Asher on September 30, 2005

October 2005

• Samuel Taylor Coleridge (4 comments) by Bill Ectric on October 1, 2005
• Reviewing the Review: October 2 2005 (3 comments) by Levi Asher on October 2, 2005
• Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman (6 comments) by Jamelah Earle on October 3, 2005
• Reading Fast and Slow (13 comments) by Beth Vieira on October 4, 2005
• Mr. Perkins by Bill Ectric on October 5, 2005
• 3119 Fillmore (20 comments) by Levi Asher on October 6, 2005
• Michael McClure: What It Meant (19 comments) by Levi Asher on October 7, 2005
• Reviewing the Review: October 9 2005 (4 comments) by Levi Asher on October 9, 2005
• My Dinner With Ernest (13 comments) by Levi Asher on October 11, 2005
• Prizefighting (9 comments) by Levi Asher on October 12, 2005
• June Jordan: The Real Slim Lady (2 comments) by Liz Stein on October 13, 2005
• The Birthday Party: Harold Pinter’s Bed and Breakfast (3 comments) by Levi Asher on October 13, 2005
• Milty Goes to Hollywood (10 comments) by Jamelah Earle on October 14, 2005
• LitKicks Reviews (6 comments) by Levi Asher on October 15, 2005
• Reviewing the Review: October 16 2005 (2 comments) by Levi Asher on October 16, 2005
• Still October, Still Earth (19 comments) by Levi Asher on October 18, 2005
• Shakespeare Code Revealed. Again. (12 comments) by Jamelah Earle on October 19, 2005
• Quick Hits (6 comments) by Levi Asher on October 19, 2005
• Sight Unseen (17 comments) by Dave on October 20, 2005
• Reviewing the Review: October 23 2005 (4 comments) by Levi Asher on October 22, 2005
• Jacks Up (11 comments) by Levi Asher on October 23, 2005
• Motherless Yaddo (3 comments) by Levi Asher on October 23, 2005
• Report from Frankfurt Book Fair (15 comments) by Levi Asher on October 24, 2005
• Blueprints: Life as Art (8 comments) by Levi Asher on October 26, 2005
• American Life in Poetry: In My Mother’s House (2 comments) by Caryn Thurman on October 28, 2005
• Pamuk Still Talking (1 comment) by Levi Asher on October 28, 2005
• Reviewing the Review: October 30 2005 (4 comments) by Levi Asher on October 29, 2005
• LitKicks Reviews: Let’s Get Small (5 comments) by Levi Asher on October 30, 2005
• Poetry Places (22 comments) by Levi Asher on October 31, 2005

November 2005

• Can I Call You Later? I’m Working on My Novel… (33 comments) by Jamelah Earle on November 2, 2005
• Cuteness Kills (6 comments) by Levi Asher on November 3, 2005
• Reviewing the Review: November 6 2005 (1 comment) by Levi Asher on November 5, 2005
• What Are You Reading? (49 comments) by Caryn Thurman on November 7, 2005
• John Fowles: Death of a Magus (11 comments) by Levi Asher on November 8, 2005
• Jumping on the Couch Around the World (5 comments) by Caryn Thurman on November 8, 2005
• Hunter S. Thompson: When I Die (3 comments) by Caryn Thurman on November 9, 2005
• Jamelah Reads the Classics: Mansfield Park (2 comments) by Jamelah Earle on November 9, 2005
• American Writers: Totally Unelectable (13 comments) by Levi Asher on November 10, 2005
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• Shortlisted for the Man Blooker (2 comments) by Levi Asher on December 22, 2005

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