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Richard Von Busack's avatar

Couldn’t agree with you more.

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Susie Bright's avatar

T-Rex Tryin’!

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Martha Garvey's avatar

Oh Susie. That left me breathless and heartbroken, in the best possible way.

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Susie Bright's avatar

Thanks, Martha. It was hard to print. Such a time.

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WL Chapkis's avatar

This. Is. So. Powerful.

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Sherman Alexie's avatar

"It was the unraveling of a family knot that should be all too familiar to those who have watched one half their kin destroy the other and were never be able to put it back together again." Damn, damn, damn.

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Susie Bright's avatar

Aw, Sherman, thanks. And yeah. It’s still not back together.

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georgecarter@cruzio.com's avatar

Wonderful awful story Susie. It's very compacted. Would it make a book if you wrote it from the beginnings of OOB (you and the Bear Mag guy waiting in line to Xerox your first issues...)? Not to be too pie in the sky, but as a full-length it would have movie possibles. The film "Burlesque" was awful and untruthful, and stands as a complete opposite of what you're talking about here. X, Carter

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Elizabeth's avatar

A sad and beautiful piece, and thank you so much for writing it. I've always wanted to hear more of the On Our Backs story, and it's amazing to learn more of these details.

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