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Blank by Davis Schneiderman

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5.0

WHAT IS IT?

A book with 20 chapters.

A lesson not found on Sparknotes.

A coloring book for the kiddies (if’n ya love children).

A book version of “The Big N” by Al Held (go to a museum).

An experience more expressive than Kristen Stewart’s face.

A book in profile; a model for the shape of a narrative (see Kurt Vonnegut).

A conversation starter (So, what kind of animal would you have two people meet, assuming they had just broken up, and where, and would the BLANK get what he/she/it deserves? And could the animal be a sparkly vampire? What--vampires aren’t animals? Doh...).

A book of “4’33” by John Cage.

A game of MADLIBS for the writer in you (what the BLANK, dude).

A doodle pad (you can draw guns (penises) that shoot (BLANK)).

A notebook that supports the arts, rather than buying a 6 x 8 Puffy Cupcake Lined Journal ($7.95) at Barnes & Noble (although I do love cups of cake).

What all the cool kids are doing. So, do it. Do it for the children.
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