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Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story

The Spiritual Path at Fat Camp

by Mona Kirschner November 8, 2019January 13, 2023

After a ten-year relationship ends painfully, Mona Kirschner finds herself searching for emotional and physical healing at a weight loss center in Brazil.

Posted inReading List

It’s Not You, It’s Me: A Breakup Reading List

by Jacqueline Alnes June 13, 2019October 19, 2022

A late bloomer as far as relationships go, my first encounter with heartbreak came from the track. It was junior year. The district meet: all big Texas sky and girls next to me adjusting hair ties and heat waves shimmering ahead. At that point in my life, I had devoted myself entirely to running. I […]

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Omen of the Wasps’ Nest

by Sari Botton May 19, 2019October 19, 2022

As she prepares to leave the home she shared with her ex, Marlene Adelstein finds herself fixated on the husk of a nest hanging in the yard.

Posted inEditor's Pick

How to Be Single

by Sari Botton July 2, 2018October 19, 2022

In this personal essay, Shelly Oria shares a manual for life after you’ve left your husband and your girlfriend.

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Man in the Mirror

by Sari Botton March 16, 2018October 19, 2022

In this personal essay, in the aftermath of rape, Alison Kinney discovers that a new lover who helps you to heal can just as easily betray you.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women

The Man in the Mirror

by Alison Kinney March 9, 2018October 19, 2022

In the aftermath of rape, Alison Kinney discovers that a new lover who helps you to heal can just as easily betray you.

Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women

The Man in the Mirror

by Alison Kinney March 9, 2018October 19, 2022

In the aftermath of rape, Alison Kinney discovers that a new lover who helps you to heal can just as easily betray you.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

Cataloguing the Detritus of Relationships Past

by Sari Botton February 15, 2018October 19, 2022

Essayist Leslie Jamison visits Zagreb’s Museum of Broken Relationships.

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Breakup Museum: Archiving the Way We Were

by Sari Botton February 15, 2018October 19, 2022

Essayist Leslie Jamison visits the Breakup Museum in Zagreb, Croatia — created in 2003 after founders Olinka Vištica and Dražen Grubišić ended their relationship — and considers what stories are told by the objects we shared with former loved ones.

Posted inEditor's Pick

A Finder, No Longer a Keeper

by Sari Botton February 14, 2018October 19, 2022

Jenny Klion tries to make sense of her super power of finding lost jewelry where ever she goes, and reflects on how finding someone else’s engagement ring helped her let go of her own.

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