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      • On Reading Books and Reading Boys
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    • 2012
      • The Winning Ticket
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Love’s Labor’s Lost  January 2017
My Transition to Womanhood Left Only a Smarting Handprint on My Cheek  May 2016

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I’m an essayist, blogger, freelancer,  New Jersey Jewish News columnist, and regular contributor on Hevria. Thanks for visiting my site, where I share my quirky yet kosher thoughts on life and the world, from the sacred to the everyday. Drop me a note at: merriukraincikblog@gmail.com.

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