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Tell Me, What Do You Think About You?
Natalie Serber surprises herself by repeating some of her mother’s regrettable choices.
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Natalie Serber
Reclaiming My Late Father
After receiving a treasure trove of old photographs, Wendy L. Dodek gets a glimpse into the father she never knew.
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Wendy L Dodek
April 2023
March 2023
Ditching Perfect for Joy
What a Qigong Grandmaster, Meghan Trainor, and a pandemic pity party taught me.
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Marika Páez Wiesen
In Defense of Sydney
Looking back at journal entries he wrote as a love-lorn closeted teen, Mike Albo finds kinship with a needy AI chatbot.
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Mike Albo
In the Stormy Sea, a Life Preserver
Brooke Siem navigates her way through the undulations of antidepressant withdrawal and coral reefs.
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Brooke Siem
February 2023
The Bedroom
In the midst of a pandemic-year DIY home renovation as a single mom, Kate Vieira wonders, what makes a house a home?
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Kate Vieira
January 2023
December 2022
Listen, and You Will Hear Pain Speak
In looking back on a marriage and years of physical agony, Liz Iverson decodes her own mind-body connection.
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Liz Iversen
I Want to Be Approached by a Psychic Medium
Caitlin Bitzegaio longs for messages from her late mother—but will only trust them if they arrive unsolicited.
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Caitlin Bitzegaio
November 2022
My Big Break
Jennifer Dines reviews—and redefines—an assault she experienced in her twenties.
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Jennifer Dines
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