You can still order STORIED STUFF, the first paperback collection of Storied Stuff essays and pix. All proceeds go to assist not for profits. Volume 2 is scheduled for October publication. Stay tuned. Congrats to the winners of our Second Annual Writing Contest. First place: Gabi Coatsworth. Runners-up: Judy Iacuzzi, Lisa D’Angelo, and Gabrielle Gresge.

Jack Hertz Jack Hertz

Jack Hertz

I was at Forbes Field, home of the Pittsburgh Pirates, on October 13, 1960...

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Fred Karger Fred Karger

Fred Karger

When I was growing up in Glencoe, a bedroom suburb north of Chicago, I didn’t quite fit in….

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Pamela Wilsey Pamela Wilsey

Pamela Wilsey

As a child I rejected dolls, refused to read any books with human characters…

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Robert Jordan Robert Jordan

Robert Jordan

My father started his career in the 1930s, working in the oil fields in Maracaibo…

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Arnie Kanter Arnie Kanter

Arnie Kanter

The inside cover of my red, leatherette autograph book reads…

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Joyce Newcomb Joyce Newcomb

Joyce Newcomb

When I was a child, the sky-blue teapot sat on the counter beside the stove…

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Dr. C.T. Vivian Dr. C.T. Vivian

Dr. C.T. Vivian

If you want to begin to understand me, my family, my people…

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Aubrey Milunsky Aubrey Milunsky

Aubrey Milunsky

On an unlikely street, Cinderella, in a less likely town…

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