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Posted inEditor's Pick

On Hope

by Krista Stevens March 9, 2023March 9, 2023

“Knowing I had to be strong for someone allowed me to access more bedrock than I even knew I had.”

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

‘Rhyming Was No Longer a Symptom, But a Cure’: From Stroke Survivor to Rap Legend

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 17, 2019October 19, 2022

For stroke survivor Sherman Hershfield, rapping and rhyming kept his seizures under control.

Posted inEditor's Pick

How a Stroke Turned a 63-Year-Old Into a Rap Legend

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 16, 2019October 19, 2022

For stroke survivor Sherman Hershfield, rapping and rhyming kept his seizures under control.

Posted inNonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

“I know I believe in the power of lining up little hopes”

by Krista Stevens November 15, 2018October 19, 2022

At Oxford American, Michael Graff remembers his dad, Carl.

Posted inBooks, Nonfiction

What It’s Like to Lose Your Short-Term Memory

by xtinehlee February 8, 2017October 19, 2022

An exclusive excerpt from the new memoir by Christine Hyung-Oak Lee.

Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story

What It’s Like to Lose Your Short-Term Memory

by xtinehlee February 8, 2017October 19, 2022

An exclusive excerpt from the new memoir by Christine Hyung-Oak Lee.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

‘My Brain Was Changed Forever’

by heymarkarms September 25, 2014October 19, 2022

And, I found, I could not lie. I could not write fiction. So instead I wrote the truth. I started an anonymous blog on which I chronicled my stroke recovery as a writer. It connected me to friends that I have to this day. I became an introvert. I learned to protect my energy, something […]

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