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Jennifer Spiegel has an MA in Politics from New York University, and an MFA in Creative Writing (Fiction) from Arizona State. She teaches college classes and writes. She is the author of four books: THE FREAK CHRONICLES (Dzanc Books), LOVE SLAVE (Unbridled Books), AND SO WE DIE, HAVING FIRST SLEPT (originally Five Oaks Press, reprinted by Bosco's Going Down Press), and CANCER, I'LL GIVE YOU ONE YEAR: A NON-INFORMATIVE GUIDE TO BREAST CANCER, A WRITER'S MEMOIR IN ALMOST REAL-TIME (Wipf and Stock). Spiegel’s 5th book, KIDS WITHOUT HORSES is forthcoming. Spiegel is also half of the book-reviewing team, Snotty Literati. She lives with her husband and two kids in Arizona. Please visit her at www.jenniferspiegel.com.

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I have this "It'll Never Happen" Bucket List--and, on it, one will find the following: Hike the Appalachian Trail.

Yeah, it'll never happen.

But say I can do a two-hour stretch in New England, any recommendations?

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Washington's Spies by Alexander   Rose
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So . . . two-sec summary. When the American Revolutionary War was happening, Washington used spies--often right under loyalist noses. This is about the Culper Ring, a bunch of spies, mostly originating in Setauket on Long Island.

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“Every artist is a cannibal/every poet is a thief/all kill for inspiration/and then sing about the grief.”
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“the only way to undo racism is to consistently identify and describe it—and then dismantle it.”
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“It’s not that my parents badmouthed religion. It’s just that religion wasn’t for us. We lived in the twentieth century, for crying out loud. In our house, spirituality was almost a taboo subject, much like my father’s salary or my sister’s clove-cigarette habit.”
A.J. Jacobs, The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible As Literally As Possible

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“An atheist club felt oxymoronic, like an apathy parade. But against all odds, it exists. The gathering of the godless takes place in a back room with a long table. A big blue atheism banner hangs from the ceiling—right next to the Christmas decorations of cardboard silver angels, an irony several of the atheists point out.”
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“But if organized religion is Goliath, then organized atheism still qualifies as David.”
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