Mabel Rosenheck looks back at a group of friends, and a music festival on the Jersey Shore, that came along when she needed them most.
Essays & Criticism
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Yearning for My Emo Days in Nostalgia-Inducing Asbury Park
Mabel Rosenheck looks back at a group of friends, and a music festival on the Jersey Shore, that came along when she needed them most.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Quotes
Have Gin, Will Travel
Alexander Chee got sick the first time he drank gin. We’re glad he persevered.
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Helping My Son Choose Between the Cub Scouts and His Beliefs about God
Kate Abbott thought the Cub Scouts would be a great place for her son to make friends. Then they came across the ‘Duty to God’ requirements.
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Helping My Son Choose Between the Cub Scouts and His Beliefs about God
Kate Abbott thought the Cub Scouts would be a great place for her son to make friends. Then they came across the ‘Duty to God’ requirements.
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Twelve Truths About My Life With Bell’s Palsy
After giving birth to her second child, half of Pam Moore’s face became paralyzed.
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Sometimes a Bowl of Soup is Just a Bowl of Soup
And sometimes it’s the embodiment of the cages of wealth and privilege we build around ourselves.
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Girl Wonder
When Meaghan O’Connell finished reading a celebrated young author’s debut novel, she felt a mix of admiration, jealousy, and recognition of the powerlessness that comes with young adulthood.
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Tennessee Williams’ Catastrophe of Success
Fame turned the playwright into a “public Somebody” overnight — a crisis that landed him in the hospital.
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Searching London for My ‘Third Place’
Years after agoraphobia kept her housebound, Jessica Brown walks the streets of her adopted city seeking deeper connection.