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Erik Esckilsen
Erik Esckilsen is a contributing writer for Seven Days and Kids Vermont. He is also a professor of rhetoric and digital storytelling at Champlain College.
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June 27, 2006
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Arts + Life
Dear Old Dad: Fathers Reflect on Having Children Later in Life
In my 51 years of life, I have accomplished exactly two noteworthy physical feats. In May 2009, I completed the Vermont City Marathon. Later…
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Arts + Life
Short Story: The Ralston Snow-Blower Collective
Retired guy across the street, Buster McGrath, is a get-things-done sort of guy. I know this because sometimes, when his garage door is open,…
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Arts + Life
Theater Review: Marat/Sade, UVM Department of Theatre
The name Marquis de Sade probably possesses, at least in the popular imagination, more associations with sex than with revolution. Even a solid film…
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Arts + Life
Checking the Cold War in 'Chess'
It's easy to understand why the 1972 chess "match of the century" between American Bobby Fischer and his Soviet opponent, Boris Spassky, was so…
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News + Opinion
Bernie Sanders and the Pothole Bandit
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Arts + Life
Off Center Revives Playwright Stephen Goldberg's Screwed
If Burlington is enjoying a boom in original theater, it's easy to pinpoint the catalyst. Since opening in 2010, Off Center for the Dramatic…
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News + Opinion
How a Barbershop Survived in Burlington's South End
I can see my older brother and me, ages 10 and 4, sailing through Burlington's South End in the back of the family pickup…
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Arts + Life
Theater Review: Love Letters, Unadilla Theatre
Little did audiences at the 1988 debut of A.R. Gurney's play Love Letters know just how quaint its premise would soon seem. Performed entirely…
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