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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Moneybox

The Long-Term Unemployed Are Doomed

A San Francisco Techie Compared Poor People to Trash. The Worst Part Is How His Friends Reacted.

Hey Paul Ryan, Grover Norquist Would Like His Promise Ring Back

A Case for the Oxford Comma in One Screenshot

California Arrests the Owner of a Revenge Porn Site. Other States Should Follow Its Lead.

Wild Things

Lost Before They Were Found: Mysterious Extinctions in the South Pacific

The Wage Gap Is Closing, So Why Do Millennial Women Still Feel Unequal?

It’s a Product Manager’s World. We Just Live in It.

Slatest PM: Boehner Lashes Out at Conservative Groups

We're Not Sending Poor Countries the Stuff They Want

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The World

We're Not Sending Poor Countries the Stuff They Want

Stories of the Conservative Purge

95 Percent of Languages Aren’t Going to Make It on the Internet

Republicans Not Yet Calling for the Head of Paul Ryan

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Brow Beat

Want to Give Away Baked Goods as Holiday Gifts? Here’s What to Make.

There’s a New Addition to the Christmas Song Canon. It Comes From an Unlikely Source.

When When Harry Met Sally Met The Mindy Project

The Mushroom Hunters of Oregon's Cascade Range

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Bitwise

It’s a Product Manager’s World. We Just Live in It.

A San Francisco Techie Compared Poor People to Trash. The Worst Part Is How His Friends Reacted.

Does China Have a Facebook Killer?

Netizen Reporter: Tech Writers Arrested in Iran

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Moneybox

Stanley Fischer Likely to Be Tapped as Fed Vice Chair

How to Balance the Budget While Slashing Taxes

Restrictive Zoning Promotes Racial Segregation

The Long-Term Unemployed Are Doomed

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Quora

What Was Nelson Mandela Like in Person?

Is Mark Driscoll Getting Away With Plagiarism?

Dear Santa, Here Are the Things I Want to Shove in My Mouth This Christmas. Signed, a 10-Month-Old.

Turn Your Living Room Into a Luxury Car Showroom

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Wild Things

Lost Before They Were Found: Mysterious Extinctions in the South Pacific

A Titanic Crescent Vortex Lit by the Sun

Asteroid 2013 XY8 Tumbled By Earth Today

Juno Spacecraft Catches the Earth and Moon Dancing [Video]

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The XX Factor

The Wage Gap Is Closing, So Why Do Millennial Women Still Feel Unequal?

California Arrests the Owner of a Revenge Porn Site. Other States Should Follow Its Lead.

What the New York Times (and France) Got Wrong About Prostitution

In Defense of Using Feminism to Sell Things

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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

The Mushroom Hunters of Oregon's Cascade Range

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

Britain’s Beloved Victorian-Era Pleasure Piers

Using Images to Relearn How to Speak

Culture Gabfest

Were Textiles the Internet of the 16th Century?

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

The Flipped Classroom: Lectures at Night, Homework at School

Can Someone Make It Snow Every NFL Weekend?

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