Joy Notoma grapples with saying goodbye to friends before a move, the complicated grief of shunning, and the way one parting can be a painful reminder of so many others.
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Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
The Leaves, They Never Stop Falling
Colin Dickey remembers a departed friend and a tree that won’t die.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Culture, Editor's Pick, Essays & Criticism
Partners in Crime: The Life, Loves & Nuyorican Noir of Jerry Rodriguez
Michael Gonzales remembers a real friendship and the makings of a brutal crime novel.
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Partners in Crime: The Life, Loves & Nuyorican Noir of Jerry Rodriguez
Michael Gonzales remembers a real friendship and the makings of a brutal crime novel.
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Surviving Depression
What can you do for a loved one with depression? Sometimes presence can make all the difference in the world.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Story
A Remarkable Child
My friend Sam went back to Brooklyn and his gang of peculiar white buddies watching their endless Stanley Kubrick film festival. I shall not see him again.
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The Friend That Got Away
A personal essay in which Beverly Donofrio looks back on a friendship she hadn’t expected to make — or to lose.
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The Friend That Got Away
Beverly Donofrio looks back on a friendship she hadn’t expected to make — or to lose.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
The Friend That Got Away
Beverly Donofrio looks back on a friendship she hadn’t expected to make — or to lose.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
The Woman Who Helped Daniel Mendelsohn Become a Writer
How a septuagenarian friend taught critic Daniel Mendelsohn to see the world as a writer.