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Not So Timeless After All

2014 Column Contest Winner

In this space, Ilana Masad posts the death notices of beloved characters from children’s literature. She herself will likely die in some karmic fashion involving plush toys, authorial rage, and murderous children.

  • December 15, 2015
    Not So Timeless After All: Carle, Caterpillar
    by Ilana Masad
  • November 4, 2015
    Not So Timeless After All: George, Fifi Zozo
    by Ilana Masad
  • September 30, 2015
    Not So Timeless After All: Mallard, May
    by Ilana Masad
  • September 8, 2015
    Not So Timeless After All: Bird, Baby
    by Ilana Masad
  • August 12, 2015
    Not So Timeless After All: Engine That Could, The Little
    by Ilana Masad
  • July 27, 2015
    Not So Timeless After All: Cruz, Alexander
    by Ilana Masad
  • July 2, 2015
    Not So Timeless After All: Hat, The Cat In The
    by Ilana Masad
  • June 12, 2015
    Not So Timeless After All: Leisk, Harold
    by Ilana Masad
  • May 20, 2015
    Not So Timeless After All: Thompson-Knight, Eloise
    by Ilana Masad
  • April 22, 2015
    Not So Timeless After All: Read, Arthur
    by Ilana Masad
  • April 2, 2015
    Not So Timeless After All: Bear, Sister
    by Ilana Masad
  • March 11, 2015
    Not So Timeless After All: Wild, Max
    by Ilana Masad
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