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Nebraska native Melissa Amateis grew up on a farm near Bridgeport, Nebraska. She holds a BA in history from Chadron State College and an MA in history from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (UNL). She is a PhD student in history at UNL. An amateur photographer, voracious Snoopy lover, and avid book collector, Amateis lives with her daughter in eastern Nebraska along with a rambunctious lab/border collie mix appropriately named Blitz and two kitties.

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I'm Your Huckleberry by Val Kilmer
"Has an actor ever been so candid about his own movies before? Kilmer on BATMAN FOREVER: “So bad it’s almost good.� Perhaps it’s not so shocking coming from the guy who famously refused to take part in the dog-and-pony show to court Oscar voters, and " Read more of this review »
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“It takes constant vigilance not to slip into negativity or simple apathy. It takes courage to believe over any given period of time that we are getting better and not sliding into decline.”
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