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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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