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In 1991, Lizz Winstead produced and starred in her one-woman show “Don’t Get Me Started.” Turns out she just was getting started: Since her days on the stand-up comic scene in Minneapolis, Winstead has played stages all over the world, co-founded “The Daily Show” and Air America and wrote, produced and starred in the off-Broadway variety show “Wake-Up World.” Her first book of essays, “Lizz ...
Read More... GMIC 2012: Using Social Media to Help SocietyThu, 10 May 2012 06:48:09 -0700
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When do you feel like you are over the hill? When you get letters like this one from Jose Hevia after writing an op-ed featuring an essay from your recent book Blogothon, recounting your experiences as a network-TV-insider-turned-independent-media-outsider.
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