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Archive for the 'Month summaries' CategoryApril 2010 in Black LambVolume 8, Number 4 — April 2010April 1st, 2010 In our cover essay, A regrettable decision, Terry Ross tells of a friend who gave away most of his carefully collected library and wishes he hadn’t. In Foundation for a bitter life, Greg Roberts deplores the sappy television commercials of the Foundation for a Better Life. Thong underwear devotee Beren deMotier describes the most embarrassing moment of her life in A cautionary tale.
Posted by: The Editors March 2010 in Black LambVolume 8, Number 3 — March 2010March 1st, 2010 The All Crime Issue In our cover article, attorney Bud Gardner looks back on My career in crime. In Even I am a criminal, Greg Roberts observes that practically everything has been criminalized. In Crimes against the person, Rosemary McLeish deplores the fact that almost every woman has been the victim of sexual assault at some time in her life.
Posted by: The Editors February 2009 in Black LambVolume 8, Number 2 — February 2010February 1st, 2010 In our cover article, Do inquiring minds want to know?, Terry Ross does some research and finds, surprisingly, that scientists are not in agreement on global warming, and that global warming may not even be occurring. Former prison inmate Dean Suess resigns himself to praying alone in Church without walls. In Ready for your closeup? Ed Goldberg ponders what lengths people will go to to achieve fame.
Posted by: The Editors January 2010 in Black LambVolume 8, Number 1 — January 2010January 1st, 2010 In our cover article for this Seventh Anniversary Issue, Terry Ross offers “suggestions for making the next few decades better than the last. In Got a light? Elizabeth Fournier tries hard to bond with her blind date over their common love for old matchbooks. Leslie Russell celebrates beekeeping in Light for the larder.
Posted by: The Editors December 2009 in Black LambVolume 7, Number 12 — December 2009December 1st, 2009 In the cover article of our December issue, New world, Gillian Wilce writes her last column as London Pride. In our page two feature, Facing facts, Dean Suess re-relegates himself, once an extremely accomplished person, to the ranks of the mediocre. According to Ian Archer, raising children involves A thousand deaths.
Posted by: The Editors November 2009 in Black LambVolume 7, Number 11 — November 2009November 1st, 2009 In the cover article of our November issue, Till death us do…, Lane Browning discovers details of a friend’s death through an autopsy report, obtained online at 50¢ a page. In our page two feature, Dean Suess shows that “trials have little or nothing to do with truth” in Criminal Injustice. The world’s still going to hell, but in a heat wave, Ed Goldberg finds himself in Apathy season.
Posted by: The Editors October 2009 in Black LambVolume 7, Number 10 — October 2009October 1st, 2009 The All Hotels & Motels Issue In the cover article of our All-Hotels & Motels Issue, Terry Ross remembers some rather disappointing lodgings but also the cheapest of all, a tiny joint on the island of Crete. In our page 2 feature Gringo responsibility, Greg Roberts says that it is the white man’s duty to throw money at the natives. In Motel effluvium, Elizabeth Fournier relies on forensic skills to clean up a stinky room in Fresno. Toby Tompkins writes A love letter to a wonderful albergo in Florence, Hotel Beacci Tornabuoni.
Posted by: The Editors September 2009 in Black LambVolume 7, Number 9 — September 2009September 1st, 2009 In our cover article, Pascoli & his sister, Rosemary McLeish takes us to a tiny town in Tuscany famous for the Italian Wordsworth, Giovanni Pascoli. In our page 2 feature, The Sand Pile Effect, Ian Archer argues that fate plays a major role in so-called “accidents.” Leslie Russell extols the beauties of the season in rural Oregon in Autumn. Toby Tompkins recalls the first of three occasions when he was obliged to become an amateur shrink in Doctor in spite of himself.
Posted by: The Editors August 2009 in Black LambVolume 7, Number 8 — August 2009August 1st, 2009 The All Siblings Issue In this special issue devoted to brothers and sisters, Editor Terry Ross notes that most Black Lamb contributors wrote about their own families, but that no one wrote about aunts and uncles and cousins. In our page 2 feature, Blood feuds, Bud Gardner says it’s easy to forget brotherly and sisterly acts of kindness. In Toys are us, Elizabeth Fournier remembers that she always wanted to play with her older brother’s toys.
Posted by: The Editors July 2009 in Black LambVolume 7, Number 7 — July 2009July 1st, 2009 In our cover story, Magnificent obsession, Greg Roberts marvels at his “silly hobby” of fly-tying. In Dead men’s solos, our page two feature, Ed Goldberg laments the ubiquity of “tribute bands.” Ian Archer talks about the mystique of beloved musical instruments in Guitars I have slept with.
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