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Arnie Kanter

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Arnie Kanter

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

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Carol Bobrow

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Carol Bobrow

My grandmother’s letter…

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Josh Kaplan

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Josh Kaplan

From 1960-1961…

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Les Jacobson

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Les Jacobson

Lately I’ve taken up pipe smoking again.

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Angela Patten

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Angela Patten

When I was a child…

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Mary Campbell

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Mary Campbell

Stuff. I don’t hang on to it.

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Mary L. Kelly

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Mary L. Kelly

I have a thing for lamps.

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Hilary Ward Schnadt

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Hilary Ward Schnadt

In 1977, I spent the first semester…

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Whitney Otto

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Whitney Otto

The first woman I wrote about…

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Lee Rubenstein

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Lee Rubenstein

I have always loved art…

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Marylou DiPietro

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Marylou DiPietro

This photo of me…

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Celia M. Ruiz

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Celia M. Ruiz

TREAT: There’s nothing sweeter than chocolate chip cookies and milk.

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Jerry Petraglia

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Jerry Petraglia

When I graduated college…

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Gary Schoichet

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Gary Schoichet

It was the early ‘80s…

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Frederick J Nachman

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Frederick J Nachman

Two magnets hopefully will stay…

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Phares O’Daffer

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Phares O’Daffer

What a day! Wrigley Field…

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Keith Kretchmer

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Keith Kretchmer

Your Permanent Record.

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Lisa Miller Sablosky and Hilary “Pinky” Rose

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Lisa Miller Sablosky and Hilary “Pinky” Rose

New Trier East High School offered transportation…

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Wayne Lysobey

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Wayne Lysobey

I was ten. I cursed.

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Anita Weinberg

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Anita Weinberg

It begins over 60 years ago…

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