Lisa Spaar

Lisa Spaar

Lisa Russ Spaar's most recent book of poems is Satin Cash. She teaches at the University of Virginia.

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May 24 2011 6:53 AM"The Irises" for Charles Wright Lisa Spaar

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July 10 2007 6:31 AM"I Consider My Mother's Mind"Lisa Spaar

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Future Tense

Facebook Wants to Know Why You’re Self-Censoring Your Posts

Students Hate Writing Papers. Professors Hate Grading Papers. Let’s Stop Assigning Them.

This Is the Real Reason Why Strippers Hate Their Jobs

Watch the "Affluenza" Psychologist's Frustrating Interview With Anderson Cooper

Texas Teen Avoids Prison After Defense Claims He Was Too Rich to Know Better

Future Tense

Just What You Always Wanted: A Dongle That Makes Your Smartphone Smell Like Popcorn

What Is It Like to Live Inside a Sub-Zero Ukrainian Tent City?

Gary Shteyngart’s New Book Trailer Manages to Be Dull and Homophobic

Are Graduate Students At Private Schools “Employees”?

How the NSA Piggy-Backs on Third-Party Trackers

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Roads & Kingdoms

What Is It Like to Live Inside a Sub-Zero Ukrainian Tent City?

Big Tobacco Is Using Trade Laws to Keep Poor Countries From Cracking Down on Smoking

Mapped: The World’s Water Crisis

Everything's Coming Up Milhouse for Paul Ryan

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Brow Beat

Are Graduate Students At Private Schools “Employees”?

The Problem with Masters of Sex

Beyoncé Sampled the French Version of The Big Lebowski

James Bond Is an Alcoholic, Scientists Conclude

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Future Tense

Just What You Always Wanted: A Dongle That Makes Your Smartphone Smell Like Popcorn

How the NSA Piggy-Backs on Third-Party Trackers

This Rumored Recommendation for NSA Reform Is a Horrible Idea

In the Battle Over Personal Health Data, 23andMe and the FDA Are Both Wrong

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Moneybox

Will the Feds Let Sprint Buy T-Mobile? Should They?

Blackstone and Hilton—a Triumph of Leverage

Amazon Wants to Charge You $2.50 to Not Get a Physical CD

Visa's Amazing "Black Card" Scam

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Outward

Gary Shteyngart’s New Book Trailer Manages to Be Dull and Homophobic

Making a Life-Size Origami Elephant

Nineteenth-Century Dog Tags ... for Civilians

Do We Give Straight Allies Too Much Recognition for Their Support?

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Bad Astronomy

How to Watch the Geminid Meteor Shower Tonight

Seahorses Are Stealthy, Brutally Effective Assassins

If Picasso Had Painted in Black and White … on the Moon

Possible Geyser of Water Seen Erupting From Jupiter’s Moon Europa

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The XX Factor

Jameis Winston’s Accuser Is Not Going Away

In Defense of the Defensive Single Girl Essay

Donor-Conceived Children Deserve to Know the Truth About Their Origins

Queen of the Filtered Instagram Image, Beyoncé Critiques Our Airbrushed Beauty Culture

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Sports Nut

How Impressive Was Matt Prater’s NFL Record 64-Yard Field Goal?

How Will the United States Fare in the World Cup’s Group of Death?

How Did Jameis Winston Evade a Rape Charge?

Ted Williams Had a Perfect Swing and a Complicated Life

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Dear Prudence

Help! Is It Really Bad for Me to Show a Little Bra Strap at Work?

Help! My Sister Won’t Honor the One Condition I Placed on Her Interest-Free Loan.

How Much Can Rick Grimes Whisper-Yell on The Walking Dead? A Raspy Supercut.

Help! My Husband Moans and Groans Whenever I Want to Cut My Hair Short.

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Behold

Intriguing Photos of Suburban McMansions Around the World

Capturing the Texas Tradition of Homecoming Mum Exchange

The Mushroom Hunters of Oregon's Cascade Range

A Photographic Journey Through Apartheid in Nelson Mandela’s South Africa

Political Gabfest

Do Tech and Wealth Ruin Cities?

Why Don’t Men Have Any Friends?

Were Textiles the Internet of the 16th Century?

Will a "Logical" Language Make You Think More Logically?

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