In Praise of Cowardice By Emily Meg Weinstein Feature Emily Meg Weinstein considers the ways in which her grandfather’s less than heroic choices in love and war led to her existence.
The Human Cost of the Ghost Economy By Melissa Chadburn Feature Melissa Chadburn goes undercover as a temp worker.
The Fabric of History By Michelle Weber Highlight Kirsten Tranter is cleaning out her closet. But how does the Marie Kondo method work for a “depressive personality…for whom joy is often an elusive feeling”?
Finding My Identity By the Light of My Mother’s Menorah By Santi Elijah Holley Feature The African American son of a white mother, Santi Elijah Holley revisits Hannukahs past with his Jewish forebears.
On the Contentious Borders of the American South By Danielle Jackson Highlight Zandria F. Robinson narrates her coming of age Memphis while examining contemporary southernness.
How We Got There from Here By Anna Armstrong Feature Anna Armstrong recalls a road trip to escape her grief-stricken home — dragging her 13-year-old brother to see R.E.M.
I Must Be One of the Best, Because I’m Not One of the Worst By Michelle Weber Highlight Iraq War veteran Phil Klay reckons with his own complicity.
Being a Teenage Girl is Hard By Danielle Tcholakian Highlight Nobody in their families can understand them, OK?
The Joys and Sorrows of Watching My Own Birth By Shelby Vittek Feature Shelby Vittek reflects on the bittersweet experience of watching herself be born — and her now-divorced mom and dad become parents — again and again.
Assertiveness Training By Susan Sheu Feature Susan Sheu considers her estrangement from her conservative mom, who tried to teach her to stand up and be heard in a male-dominated world — but not to be too unladylike about it.
The Red Zone: A Love Story By Chloe Caldwell Feature A severe form of PMS puts Chloe Caldwell’s new relationship to the test.
Ushering My Father to a (Mostly) Good Death By Karen Brown Feature Karen Brown recalls conspiring with her father in his final weeks to find some humor in the pain.
Giving Thanks, Silently By Sari Botton Highlight Nina Coomes recalls her family’s Thanksgiving vows of silence at a Catholic retreat center in Illinois.
The Uncanny Valley of Online Dating By Danielle Tcholakian Highlight Dating after a Big Love ends never feels quite right. What do big loves leave us with, and what do they take?
I Think, Therefore I Am Getting the Goddamned Epidural By Rebecca Schuman Feature On midwives, metaphysics, and intensely natural births.
How to Say You Maybe Don’t Want to Be Married Anymore By Sarah Bregel Feature Sarah Bregel takes a close look at her marriage after two kids, and wonders, how hard is too hard?
Parenting Class Dropout By Paulette Kamenecka Feature During her high-risk pregnancy, driven by a longing for normalcy, Paulette Kamenecka tried out a class for parents-to-be.
Brit Bennett Reflects on Living the Past Year in “Trump Time” By Danielle Jackson Highlight How the whiplash-like event of Trump following the nation’s first black president has “compressed time.”
The Memoirist’s Dilemma By Sari Botton Highlight Fourteen years after her memoir about about her father’s death was released, novelist Aminatta Forna still deals with after-effects, both good and bad.
Finally Seeing the Forest for the Trees By Maura Kelly Feature After a spate of trauma and loss, Maura Kelly retreats to the Hudson Valley where she is converted into a ‘nature person.’
Bootlegging Jane’s Addiction By Aaron Gilbreath Feature Aaron Gilbreath considers the impact a live Jane’s Addiction recording has had on him, and the effect heroin had on the band’s — and his own — creativity.
Living in the Aftershock of Someone Else’s Earthquake By Ashley Abramson Feature A decade after her mother’s death, Ashley Abramson reflects on being raised by a parent addicted to opioids.
The Problem of Pain By Leslie Kendall Dye Feature Pain is indeed inherited, but treating it as an affliction need not be handed down from generation to generation.
Parsing Her Identity With A Long-Lost Folder, Plus the Internet By Sari Botton Highlight A.M. Homes wrestles with her ambivalence toward learning more about her birth parents and the circumstances of her adoption.
When Life Imitates Country Music By Michelle Weber Highlight “The trills in his notes sputter and lift. He sounds like an animal in trouble. Like a lounge singer who’s lost his mind.”
Cast by Chronic Illness Into a Limiting Role By Maris Kreizman Feature Maris Kreizman dreamed of attending performing arts camp, but she ended up homesick at diabetes camp instead.
When a Mother and Daughter Reverse Roles By Marlene Adelstein Feature An obsession with an orphaned sea otter helps Marlene Adelstein process her grief over her Alzheimers-afflicted mom.
The He’s-Got-to-Be-the-Help-Because-He’s-Brown Mistake By Sari Botton Highlight Patrick Rosal writes an open letter to a woman who mistook him for a waiter at the National Book Awards.
How Much is Too Much to Save a Dying Cat? By s.e. smith Feature A series of losses prompts s.e. smith to wonder why, if it’s inevitable, we tend to view death as failure.
How to Replace a Ghost By Alana Massey Feature En route to a wedding, Alana Massey is haunted by the ghosts of relationships past.
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