Michael Spies
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Michael Spies holds an MFA from Columbia, and has freelanced for the Village Voice, among other publications. He's recently completed his first book, which is a memoir about the relationship of class and masculinity in New Jersey, which will be sent to publishers soon.

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On Defining Marriage

Posted April 12, 2010 | 15:24:03 (EST)

When I was a child, I used to play around in my grandmother's backyard. Swaths of light came through the trees at odd angles and I liked to look up at that light and follow it to what I thought was its end, which was the base of a beech...

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Sympathy for the Devil: Final Thoughts on Tiger Woods

Posted April 1, 2010 | 21:05:11 (EST)

Tiger Woods has returned to the golf course where, in relation to the public, he belongs. He putts and drives for a living, and is particularly good at putting and driving, and owes us nothing for his talent, though his ability to negotiate a sand trap is a dazzling sight,...

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Sympathy for the Devil: Final Thoughts on Tiger Woods

Posted April 1, 2010 | 21:05:11 (EST)

Tiger Woods has returned to the golf course where, in relation to the public, he belongs. He putts and drives for a living, and is particularly good at putting and driving, and owes us nothing for his talent, though his ability to negotiate a sand trap is a dazzling sight,...

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