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Louise Norlie

Louise Norlie's stories have appeared in prominent disability publications, including the international publication Disability Studies Quarterly and Ragged Edge Magazine. She also has published fiction in other genres in Runes, Skive, Long Story Short, and Raging Face and her literary essay on Susan Sontag's "Against Interpretation" can be found on the 10th anniversary issue of elimae.

 
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DEGREES OF SEPARATION
My best friend in junior high had an obsession with counting the links that separated her from celebrities.  She’d make complex maps, charts, and webs for each one.

"My father met M- at a party, M-’s mother-in-law works with E-, E- worked in a production company where he met F-, F-’s cousin is G-, G-’s brother-in law is P-, P- shook hands with X!  This makes me only six steps away from X---!!!"

Her favorite celebrity was X-.  I played the devil’s advocate.  I told her that I hated X-. >>>

 

 

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