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My Mother’s Mother’s God
My mother proceeded from this father. The sermon droned. She opened a hymnal and climbed inside, came out singing new songs I never heard her mother sing. Holy mysteries
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Girl on Girl (Week Two): Can a Woman Belong to Herself While Still Loving Men Deeply?
For the first time in my life, I’m not evaluating whether someone would make a good husband or life partner. I’m asking a different question: What pulls me toward another human being?
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Reawakening the Kid Inside for Creativity + “Intergenerational Hanging Out” : A Conversation with Austin Kleon
“The older I get, the more I want to be edited. I just want the work to be good. I don’t care as much about the how of it. I’m more willing to kill my darlings. I like the term…
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Language as a Living Force: A Conversation with Nicholas Goodly
“Knowing myself as a dancer first allowed me to approach poetry as an extension of that process. I receive, I observe, I allow the insides to give the experience new shape. Similar to dance, I believe good poetry is not…
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Dear Employee 24601
It’s easy to be the protester. Something is always wrong. Imagine how hard it is to be the protested? Have you considered how much work goes into designing and maintaining a system of control that allows everyone, if they have…
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Fire Play
Pienso en lo bello que debe verse mi cuerpo decorado momentáneamente con una llama flotando a escasos milímetros de mi epidermis y lamento no poder estar en dos lugares al mismo tiempo. Ya no puedo medir la escena en minutos,…
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What is Freedom: Zoe Mendelson
Dear Yali Lou, The topic of self-seriousness has been on my mind. It’s a double-edged sword. A prison, a necessary tool, a tricky thing to know when to wield and when to avoid. Here I have gathered for you what…
