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Copyright © Arthur Jones, 2011
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Each selection is the copyrighted property of its respective author and appears in this volume by arrangement with the individual writer.
 
“The Little Yellow Post-it” by Andrew Bird. Copyright © 2011 Wegawam Music Co.
“All Happy Families” by Jonathan Goldstein appeared in different form in National Post (Toronto) as “The Poutine That Started the War” (February 10, 2009) and “The Waiter Cradled Me in His Arms” (March 2, 2009).
“Ms. Peppermint Twist” by Kristen Schaal appeared in different form in Rejected: Tales of the Failed, Dumped, and Canceled, edited by Jon Friedman (Villard Books, 2009).
“Notes on an Exorcism” by Andrew Solomon. Copyright © 2011 by Andrew Solomon.
“The First Time I Almost Died” by Hannah Tinti. Copyright © 2011 by Hannah Tinti. All rights reserved.
“Romancing the Mountaintop” by Neil deGrasse Tyson appeared in different form in Natural History, January 1995.
 
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Post-it note diaries: 20 stories of youthful abandon, embarrassing mishaps, and everyday adventure / edited and illustrated by Arthur Jones. p. cm.
ISBN : 978-1-101-55260-5
1. Diaries—Humor. 2. Humorous stories, American. 3. American wit and humor. 4. Celebrities—Humor. I. Jones, Arthur, 1974- II. Title.
PN6231.D62P67 2011
818’.602—dc22 2011006323
 
 
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