Results of the Summer Writing Contest will be announced September 9, as will news of an October 25 reading in Evanston to benefit Humble Design Chicago.

Robert Bissell

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Robert Bissell

I don’t know when WhiskerFace first arrived…

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Robert Jordan

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Robert Jordan

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

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Rachel Seidman

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Rachel Seidman

My grandmother Louise…

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Angela Capinera

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Angela Capinera

The sticker was born...

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Phyllis Nutkis

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Phyllis Nutkis

“Dear Wini…

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Allen Saxon

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Allen Saxon

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Marylou DiPietro

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Marylou DiPietro

Here we are…

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Mary Loretta Kelly

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Mary Loretta Kelly

I wandered around…

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Frederick J. Nachman

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Frederick J. Nachman

My grandfather Meyer Bloomfeld…

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Joseph M. Madda

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Joseph M. Madda

I graduated in 1972…

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Jim Cunningham

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Jim Cunningham

I remember some of Mom’s favorite dinners.

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Angela Patten

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Angela Patten

When I was growing up in Ireland…

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Adrienne Gallagher

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Adrienne Gallagher

My husband and I…

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Elliot Zashin

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Elliot Zashin

My maternal grandfather…

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Trisha Ricketts

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Trisha Ricketts

My baby sister Kathleen…

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Keith Kretchmer

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Keith Kretchmer

In Los Angeles…

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Doug Corrigan

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Doug Corrigan

If you grew up near Boston…

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Christy Williams

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Christy Williams

When I was a young child…

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Candice Glicken

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Candice Glicken

After a horrendous freshman year…

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Esther Cohen

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Esther Cohen

My Romanian grandmother…

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