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“Don’t worry,” I told my girlfriend.  “There are a lot eighteen year-olds that live around us.  They’ll get eaten first.”...
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The world is smaller than it was several generations ago.  It is often said that if a butterfly flaps its...
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My parents packed their bags and came to visit me on what they termed their “once in a lifetime trip.” ...
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Sometimes the only way to know what the younger generation is into is to do what they do.
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Ryan Dennis is the author of The Beasts They Turned Away, a novel set on an Irish dairy farm. He shares...
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