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I tried to convince myself I wasn’t a total trope—after all, the paradise we visited could be another person’s nightmare. “No Happy Endings” by Jamie Hudalla.
Expat in Paris
I begin with a story of how I came to discover the work of James Baldwin; I begin with the novel Giovanni’s Room.
Running Lessons
“The mind, unlike a library, is more like a web.” Learn from Kristi Ferguson in today’s #EssaySaturday, “Running Lessons.”
Ab Aqua Libertas
How could I then put into words my feelings about my favorite one of them all, the Danube?
GOD: THE INTERVIEW
Can you remember the first time you began to fashion things of your own, whether objects, characters, or anything else?
After a Hurricane
The Character Lessons
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Mean Streak
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This Other Dresden
Dr. Putin’s Diet Revolution
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Spastic-Dog Woman
“My best shot of meeting anyone may be dog walking.” Today’s #EssaySaturday USA is “Spastic-Dog Woman” by Lisa K. Harris.
This One’s for Linda
The world had different rules for women in 1972 than today.
Three Bodies on a Beach
Three of them lying on a beach, the nearest one half engulfed in sand, the bow of a sunken troop carrier jutting out of the water nearby.
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Home is Where I’ve Arrived Too Late
London A – Z: A Memoir
The “A – Z” is a pocket-sized street atlas of the city of London.
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Mine
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Year Three
“We’ll just move far away from everyone, Mark declares, too far for people to visit.” Today’s EssaySaturday USA is “Year Three” by Edie Meade.
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#EssaySaturday USA 25 March: Sealight
“This place has fast become our sanctuary…” Today’s #EssaySaturday USA is “Sealight” by Chris Ray.
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On Not Knowing
“I moved here to embrace the not knowing. It doesn’t come easily.” Today’s #EssaySaturday USA is “On Not Knowing” by Katherine Plumhoff.