This excerpt from Hua Hsu’s memoir offers a glimpse into his parents’ generation of immigrants from Taiwan to America, and the faxes they sent to each other about homework, zines, and Nirvana. My parents had fond memories of listening to the station when they were teen-agers, back when it was Armed Forces Radio. In time, […]
growing up
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Families Like Ours: A Reading List for the Children of Queer Parents
Some of us got to stay with our moms or dads. Others did not.
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Keep This to Yourself
“I am carried, cared for, not yet touched by our culture’s casting of my body as other, as divergent. It is less like memory and more like myth.”
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The Best Four Years of Your Life?
“My future — the vague, all-consuming ideal we’re taught to live for — felt like a more dominant force in my life than my present.”
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Love and the Burning West
“She nearly died while fighting a fire. All she could think about was the tragedy of dying while still a virgin.”
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Parenting in the New Age of Anxiety
Are we sacrificing our childrens’ inner lives by protecting them too much?
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A Fascinating Case of Precocious Puberty
Patrick Burleigh carried an extremely rare genetic mutation, which brought on puberty prematurely.
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A 4-Year-Old Trapped in a Teenager’s Body
Like all the men in his family, Patrick Burleigh carried an extremely rare genetic mutation, which led to “precocious puberty” and a confusing, challenging childhood in which he experienced dramatic physical changes — like pubic hair — as early as age 2.
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An Introduction to Death
In this essay from our Fine Lines series, raising a teenager of her own offers author A.M. Homes a glimpse into her mother’s experience of raising her.