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Keep Sweet: Children of Polygamy

by Debbie Palmer

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On Bowie: A Loving Meditation on the Icon's Creative Legacy and His Enduring Connection with Fans

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Iggy Pop: Open Up and Bleed

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“What have I wanted? To be someone else entirely. Someone who loves to live. How have I gone about getting that? By participating in CULTS! And by reading self-help books that (temporarily) “CHANGE MY LIFE”!”
― Maria Bamford, Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere

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“Even bitches who live on pickles and cocaine have their limits.”
― Maria Bamford, Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere

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“I am a withered pouch of low blood pressure in a deteriorating caul of papery skin covered in thick black arm hair.”
― Maria Bamford, Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere

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“I'm not for everyone. I'm barely for me.”
― Marc Maron

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“The most basic rule of editing is that if you can’t bear to read it, no one else can either. So when you find yourself skimming, commit murder.”
― Marion Roach Smith, The Memoir Project: A Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing & Life

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