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An Interview with Carrie La Seur following “A Working Class Death”

I read “A Working Class Death” for the first time in a coffee shop. I took deep measured breaths to prevent myself from crying in..
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Dispelling Myths: Why “Well-Read Black Girl” Is the Anthology We All Need

In the introduction to Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves (Penguin Random House 2018), editor Gloria Edim explains, “Reading highlights the intersection of..
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On Interruption: Writing in the Company of Children

I am trying to create an outline for a workshop called “Nothing To Write About: Finding Inspiration in Writer’s Block” when my husband enters the..
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A Conversation with Danielle Geller

One night a few years ago, I was tidying up my kitchen in Seattle when a text from a New York City zip code lit..
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When the Body Can No Longer Run

I run. Miles and miles and miles stretch out in front of me like the unraveling of a life. I run. Through woods and parks,..
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Every Woman Keeps a Flame Against the Wind

An essay by Kristen Millares Young.
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A Conversation With Christopher Howell

Christopher Howell, a professor of poetry at Eastern Washington University, has written extensively about loss. His most recent book, Love’s Last Number, was published by Milkweed Editions..
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Dead Girls Deserve Obituaries, Not Exploitation

On October 14th, the Sunday edition of the New York Times ran two articles on dead women. One was a special section inserted into the..
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I Am Not in My Body

An essay by Daisuke Shen.
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A Working Class Death

An essay by Carrie La Suer.