Carolita Johnson tallies the costs and benefits of love and cohabitation as a woman artist living in a patriarchy.
Essays & Criticism
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Trying to Kill the Want
I was a grown, multi-degreed, loved, moneyed, professionally powerful woman who did not have the strength to wait one-third of an hour before having a drink.
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The Power in Knowing: Black Women, HIV, and the Realities of Safe Sex
An invitation to appear in a PSA prompts Minda Honey to reflect on the responsibilities of safe sex, and her imperfect past.
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The Power in Knowing: Black Women, HIV, and the Realities of Safe Sex
An invitation to appear in a PSA prompts Minda Honey to reflect on the responsibilities of safe sex, and her imperfect past.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Story, Unapologetic Women, Writing
A Beginner’s Guide to Fly Fishing With Your Father
It was the place he came to feel wild, and I was ready to trespass into the world of men.
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The Cold War and its Fallout
A son approaching middle age looks back on a volatile relationship with his father.
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The Cold War and its Fallout
A son approaching middle age looks back on a volatile relationship with his father.
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Surviving Depression
What can you do for a loved one with depression? Sometimes presence can make all the difference in the world.
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Ghost Writer: The Story of Patience Worth, the Posthumous Author
The most remarkable thing about Patience Worth wasn’t that she was dead. It was that all she wanted to do was write books.
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Wrestling With My Father
Brian Gresko considers the lingering consequences when the only touches between father and son are abusive ones.