The Buffer in the Backseat - Tiffany R. Azzarito
Next time I think it’s a good idea to go on a trip with BOTH my parents and ONLY both my parents, remind me that it’s not. I’m an adult...
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- Jun 28, 2021
- 8 min
The Frog Opera - Patricia Calderwood
It was 1972. Eighteen and newly a commuter student at Fordham University, a twenty minute walk from home, I walked the dark autumn...
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- Jun 26, 2021
- 3 min
Leaving - Michelle Nicolaysen
When you leave, crossing a state and a mountain range, you think you’ll put enough distance between you and the people who raised you...
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- Jun 21, 2021
- 4 min
After Googling Loneliness, People Also Ask - Lauren Backes
How do I know if I am lonely? If you keep your dorm door open because you made a quilt over break and are actually proud of it and you...
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- Jun 20, 2021
- 11 min
Breathing Time - Kate Martin
“What we desire travels with us. We must breathe time as fishes breathe water.” Denise Levertov I knew it was a possibility when the...
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- Jun 19, 2021
- 6 min
Pandemic Party Time! - Rebecca Jung
I live alone in quarantine, so I read, write, and binge-watch pandemic movies about people in quarantine. I watch animal videos on...
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- May 28, 2021
- 7 min
Miscarriage McGee; Navigating Your Friend's Recently-Vacated Uterus - Bethany Cunha
I've long given myself the moniker of Miscarriage McGee. I'm that girl in the room. We've all met them along the way, they're out there....
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- May 27, 2021
- 8 min
Too hard? - Jessica Crowley
Does there come a day in every woman’s life when she decides, this is the time I’m going to take my underwear off? If there is, I’ve yet...
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- May 21, 2021
- 4 min
Does Someone Tell You It’s Over? - robin bidner
I returned to Plainview, Long Island, my hometown, for the funeral of my friend’s mother. I used to go to my old house often, to visit my...
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- May 17, 2021
- 1 min
Love Triangle I - Julie Benesh
Your mother to your father, “She lets boys touch her, but not us.” How can you explain? At 15 making your mother jealous is farthest from...
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- May 11, 2021
- 6 min
Your Name Written On The Wall - Victoria Crowe
It is too early for me to be sitting at the bar when I see your name written on the wall. The sun is still out and I might consider this...
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- May 10, 2021
- 6 min
Collector of Passports - Nina Lichtenstein
I’m born Norwegian, a new American, and soon to become an Israeli citizen, too. Who needs three passports when many people in the world...
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- Apr 20, 2021
- 3 min
How to Prepare - Natassja Norwood
How to Prepare... For this recipe the following ingredients you will need will be: 1.5 cups of pent up anger 2.5 ounces of generational...
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- Apr 10, 2021
- 3 min
The Way He Looked at Me - Susan Dugan
I fell in love with the way he looked at me. Aretha Franklin playing on the radio that day driving home nailed it—Respect! An expression...
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- Apr 6, 2021
- 6 min
A Beautiful Friendship - Jenny Leon
Through the thin walls, I thought I could hear our doctor say, “I’m sorry, Lizzie. Your counts are too low to be treated today.” It was...
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- Apr 2, 2021
- 3 min
The Value of Pie - Marijean Oldham
I was 37 years old when my son left for college, creating a hole in my life. On a whim, I bought a book called Pie. Week after week, I...
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- Mar 30, 2021
- 10 min
Angel - Leslie Hinson
ANGEL: an essay in two distinct parts, written five years apart 1. In the summer of 2002, I saw what I believed to be my first angel. I...
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- Mar 23, 2021
- 15 min
Windows - Claire Cronin
It’s time to go home. Not because I want to, but because Susie’s family is ready for their dinner. I put on my snowsuit and wrap the...
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- Mar 12, 2021
- 10 min
Building Eden - Traci Musick-Shaffer
We build our Eden—plank by plank, stone by stone—plotting, designing, hammering, lifting, digging, and planting our private, peaceful...
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- Mar 9, 2021
- 10 min
The End of Unrequitedness - Catherine Vance
Be truly joyful, like one who, though his house has burned down, feels a deep need in the soul to begin building anew. – Martin Buber The...
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