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Links

Some non-blog work I’ve done….Next I’ll post a list of my previous Facebook status updates. (Kidding.)

“Educated Guess,” This American Life

KJZZ, Phoenix NPR affiliate, archives

“Bad Mom” column archives, www.austinmama.com

Phoenix New Times

“Mommy Dearest”

“Up the Down Staircase”

“The Scarlet Letter”

“Phoenix Has An Inferiority Complex”

salon.com

“A Boy Named Rover”

“The Secret Life of Dad”

“A Jew for Baby Jesus”

Amy Silverman has two beautiful daughters, Annabelle and Sophie. Sophie has Down syndrome. These days, Amy divides the world into two groups: the people who adore Sophie, and those who don’t look twice. Amy has to remind herself that once upon a time -- when it came to people who are "different" -- she fell in the latter category. And therein lies the blog... Read more