In an excerpt from her memoir, Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls, T Kira Madden recalls a harrowing adventure with her parents.
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What Falls to Earth
In this personal essay, grieving the mysterious death of her father, Susanna Space seeks refuge in the study of meteors.
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What Falls to Earth
Grieving the mysterious death of her father, Susanna Space seeks refuge in the study of meteors.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
What Falls to Earth
Grieving the mysterious death of her father, Susanna Space seeks refuge in the study of meteors.
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How a DNA Testing Kit Revealed a Family Secret Hidden for 54 Years
A personal essay by memoirist Dani Shapiro about discovering, accidentally through DNA testing, that the father she knew was not her biological parent. In the piece she advocates for the rights of children produced through assisted reproduction, after decades in which those of parents and donor prevailed, and children were kept in the dark about […]
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Jack, Jacqueline — Dad
A personal essay in which Yvonne Conza wrestles with the complexities of estrangement from her dying — complicated — dad.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Jack, Jacqueline — Dad
Yvonne Conza wrestles with the complexities of estrangement from her dying — complicated — dad.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
Jack, Jacqueline — Dad
Yvonne Conza wrestles with the complexities of estrangement from her dying — complicated — dad.
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Ushering My Father to a (Mostly) Good Death
A personal essay in which Karen Brown recalls conspiring with her father in his final weeks to find some humor in the pain.