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Ginger and Richard Rhodes

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By authors|Posted Wednesday, May 16, 2001, at 2:16 PM ET

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Rhodeman,

You called me Ginger. Are you angry with me? You only call me Ginger when you're angry with me.

I just read through the list for the 2001 Guggenheim Fellowships. There are some interesting and odd-sounding projects this year. Peyton Place as a social and cultural artifact. Loneliness and experience. A biography of the spinal cord. The organization of work in ant colonies. The voter turnout puzzle. Comic-book journalism. I think a biography of the spinal cord would be interesting. The comic-book journalism project would have to include Brenda Starr. She was an important role model for me as a young girl.

xo,
G

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Ginger Rhodes is a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology who studies violence. Richard Rhodes is the author of 19 books, includingThe Making of the Atomic BombandWhy They Kill.