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ABOUTNow in its 14th year of publication, this magazine was created to offer the discerning reader a stimulating selection of excellent original writing. Black Lamb Review is a literate rather than a literary publication. Regular columns by writers in a variety of geographic locations and vocations are supplemented by features, reviews, articles on books and authors, and a selection of “departments,” including an acerbic advice column and a lamb recipe. SUBMISSIONSBlack Lamb welcomes submissions from new writers. Email us. QUESTIONSIf you have questions or comments regarding Black Lamb, please email us. |
Archive for the 'Kauffman' CategoryThrowing in the towelJanuary 1st, 2014 BY CERVINE KAUFFMAN When my friends met Jerry, they were appalled. Some of them even used the word “slumming.†But I liked to call it “towelling off.†I was climbing forth from the muck of yuppified eunuchs and video game slackers and rolling myself up in a real man. And it felt good.
Posted by: The Editors The One-Third PlanApril 1st, 2007 BY CERVINE KAUFFMAN I spent most of my life being unmarried and when that started to bother me, I began to look at all of the marriages that surrounded me, and that I read about, and began to form some conclusions.
Posted by: The Editors Where there’s smoke…November 1st, 2006 BY CERVINE KAUFFMAN
That has not been my experience. I wish it had.
Posted by: The Editors The boob tubeMarch 1st, 2006 BY CERVINE KAUFFMAN My opinion of the boob tube is that it is a pernicious invention and one that humanity would do better without. Like most American children, I watched my share of TV. As a child, I read almost constantly, but I also watched cartoons every day after school. There were other programs that I watched, at least one every night, and I remember seeing episodes of the cartoons, and the evening, programs, sometimes two and three times. When I think of the waste of time, I cringe. When I was little, I didn’t think much of TV as a waste of time because it was fun. I also didn’t resent being told to buy things every five minutes. The only time that commercials bothered me was when they interrupted the flow of The Wizard of Oz or the Peanuts specials. It was only later, after I’d been weaned from the tube for
Posted by: The Editors Putting the X in ChristmasDecember 1st, 2004 BY CERVINE KAUFFMAN What do you get when you mix Annette Funicello, roadkill, and neuroses in a steaming hot mug? You get the Kauffman Kristmas, 2002. I never thought that I’d have a bad Christmas. No matter how tense family relations were during the year, everybody got it together to have a good time for holidays and my parents knocked themselves out for Christmas. Up went the fir tree, the massive hand-woven wreath, the lights, the fragrant displays of candles and greenery. On went the music — medieval, brassy, jazzy — any rendition of the Christmas favorites. It was the one time of year that sightlines to and the sound from the television were not sacrosanct.
Posted by: The Editors Author profileDecember 1st, 2002 Cervine Kauffman would like to have been an actress in the heyday of the Hollywood studio system. Her interests include psychiatry, vocal music, and time travel. Topics of concern include American life, urban planning, and gender roles. Available for period productions and theme parties. Her Black Lamb column is called Still Waters.
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