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My friend suggested I watch the 1955 film All That Heaven Allows. I was promised Rock Hudson playing a gardner, living in New England, living by the code of Thoreau, burning leaves, deer, clambakes, and all sorts of other cozy things.
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Jason Diamond is a writer and editor who lives in New York City. He's the founder of Vol. 1 Brooklyn, and the editor of Jewcy.com. His writing has been published by The New York Times, The Paris Review, Vice, NPR.org, the A.V. Club, Tablet, The Rumpus, Thought Catalog, Impose, Miami New Times, and the Chicago Tribune. He’s currently at work on a book. He thinks it’s going to be awesome, and hopes that the book buying public does also.
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My friend suggested I watch the 1955 film All That Heaven Allows. I was promised Rock Hudson playing a gardner, living in New England, living by the code of Thoreau, burning leaves, deer, clambakes, and all sorts of other cozy things.