Nina Coomes recalls her family’s Thanksgiving vows of silence at a Catholic retreat center in Illinois.
Essays & Criticism
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The Uncanny Valley of Online Dating
Dating after a Big Love ends never feels quite right. What do big loves leave us with, and what do they take?
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I Think, Therefore I Am Getting the Goddamned Epidural
On midwives, metaphysics, and intensely natural births.
Posted inNonfiction
I Think, Therefore I Am Getting the Goddamned Epidural
On midwives, metaphysics, and intensely natural births.
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How to Say You Maybe Don’t Want to Be Married Anymore
Sarah Bregel takes a close look at her marriage after two kids, and wonders, how hard is too hard?
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Parenting Class Dropout
During her high-risk pregnancy, driven by a longing for normalcy, Paulette Kamenecka tried out a class for parents-to-be.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
Parenting Class Dropout
During her high-risk pregnancy, driven by a longing for normalcy, Paulette Kamenecka tried out a class for parents-to-be.
Posted inArts & Culture, Current Events, Essays & Criticism, Quotes, Unapologetic Women, Writing
Brit Bennett Reflects on Living the Past Year in “Trump Time”
How the whiplash-like event of Trump following the nation’s first black president has “compressed time.”
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The Memoirist’s Dilemma
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.
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Finally Seeing the Forest for the Trees
After a spate of trauma and loss, Maura Kelly retreats to the Hudson Valley where she is converted into a ‘nature person.’