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Lynne Sharon Schwartz

Lynne Sharon Schwartz  has published novels, short stories, essays and poems. Her latest book is Truthtelling, a collection of stories.

“A Refreshing Change Is in Your Future”

“A Refreshing Change Is in Your Future”

Making art out of fortune-cookie wisdom

by Lynne Sharon Schwartz | Thursday, February 18, 2021
The Man Behind the Counter

The Man Behind the Counter 

A neighborhood grocer, inscrutable and gruff, lingers mysteriously in my memory

by Lynne Sharon Schwartz | Monday, March 04, 2019

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2nd Look

Figures in the Frame

by Walter Nicklin

One thing we\'ve learned from the past year and a half is that slowing down and staying in one place for a while isn\'t always so bad. This is what Walter Nicklin learned while spending his quarantine in coastal Maine, where he goes each summer. “Coronavirus reframes everything, and I’m now thinking the previously unthinkable: that other people’s presence actually enhances the view,” he wrote. “They and I are now sharing not only the same prospect but also a common enemy.”

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