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THE OVERSEER (FICTION)
{ Editor's Note: This short fiction appeared in print and online in Edition #12 of The Los Angeles Review of Los Angeles , in 2017 } Ted...
Jess Candle
Jan 116 min read
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SEVEN CHRISTMASES (examining the Christmas stories we tell)(PERSONAL ESSAY)
I want to use the analogy of Christmas to look at how we tell other stories about our families, our children, about life and death
Jess Candle
Dec 21, 202449 min read
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LAST WINTER (SHORT FICTION)
Last winter, a week before Christmas, they asked some parents to go down and clean the elementary school after the big shooting you ...
Jess Candle
Dec 13, 20247 min read
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TOP 10 OR 11 LAW BOOKS OR ESSAYS FOUND DURING MOVE FROM WHOLLY INADEQUATE OLD LAW BUILDING (THAT NOW HOUSES LIKE TWELVE COLLEGES) TO NEW FANCY HIRAM CHODOSH TRIBUTE LAW SCHOOL BUILDING (HUMOR)
In September of 2016, the University of Utah celebrated the opening of a new law school education building
Jess Candle
Dec 11, 20244 min read
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A BRIEF REPORT OF A BRIEF VISIT (SHORT FICTION)
Fictional report explores what earth will look like to future life forms that discover earth
Jess Candle
Dec 6, 20248 min read
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THE FUTURE OF BASEBALL (SHORT HUMOR)
The Future of Baseball Is A Sad Game of Strike Outs, Walks, Homers, and Computer Simulation
Jess Candle
Nov 13, 202410 min read
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BEST 100 BOOKS OF ALL TIME (OPINION, LITERARY CRITICISM, LIST)
Here are the Best 100 Books of All Time.
Jess Candle
Sep 1, 202434 min read
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DEMON COPPERHEAD NOVEL REVIEW (CONTINUED)(CHAPTER FORTY-TWO TO END)(LITERARY CRITICISM)
Demon Copperhead Novel Review, Chapter Forty-Two to End
Jess Candle
Jul 16, 202469 min read
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CALDERA or THE IMPRINT OF TRADITION (SHORT FICTION)
And in this case I want to tell you about how that tradition held my family together one terrible summer for my sister which I see now clear
Jess Candle
Jun 27, 202411 min read
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THE DRUMBEAT (SHORT FICTION)
The erection of the “large, triangular apparatus” was first noted in the Western Cities Observer on May 11, 2021, when an eight-year-old...
Jess Candle
Jun 25, 202418 min read
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DEMON COPPERHEAD BOOK REVIEW (LITERARY CRITICISM)(Study Guide, Notes, Cheat Sheet, Outline, Characters, Plot, Summary, Cliffs Notes)
Suppose your book club picked the novel Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver, and you want to get ready for book club ...
Jess Candle
May 4, 202496 min read
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CONSIDER ALL THE POSSIBILTIES (CREATIVE NON-FICTION)
It was unseasonably warm in Paiute that first weekend of November 1997 when I began hearing voices. Three weeks prior, I’d had my abdomen...
Fink Meyer
Nov 2, 20228 min read
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UTOPOS (PERSONAL ESSAY ABOUT PUTTING MY MOM IN A NURSING HOME)
It was difficult to place my mother in a nursing home when she had dementia, and heartbreaking to watch her lose her capacity and die.
Jon Tomerson
Mar 12, 202219 min read
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LITTLE BUT IMPORTANT MEMORIES: RISTORANTE DELLA FONTANA TORN DOWN
an old Italian restaurant in Salt Lake City, is torn down. Man reflects on memories with his family there.
Jess Candle
Jul 21, 20216 min read
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IT'S NOT SO HARD TO DIE (SHORT FICTION)
Essay on how death occurs, simple natural process
Jess Candle
Apr 14, 20197 min read
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