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To the Old Man in the Cowboy Costume
“All the parts about me that I hate the most, I got from you. All the parts I love the most, too.”
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Very Important People
“‘Whichever line is the longest,’ I said. ‘That’s the line I belong in.'”
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Car Talk
“I’d kept up my license, but now I needed a car. What kind of car? As in the usual run of things—a congenital tilt towards irreality, an obdurate wistfulness—I pined for something that did not exist: the car at the end of the mind.”
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The Noblest of Things
“The next day, I opened the hive and there were no bees.’
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Best of 2023: Personal Essays
Our favorite personal essays published this year include stories on loss, Indigenous community, video games, caring for aging relatives, and the fear of missing love.
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Why Are We So Afraid of Conversation?
“To let yourself be transformed by what the other person has to say.”
