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This evening, Michelle Tea is participating in my reading series! We’re celebrating Mermaid in Chelsea Creek. Last night I was in bed, reading Getting Pregnant with Michelle Tea articles and…
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Zoë Ruiz
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Zoe Ruiz is the former managing editor of The Rumpus. Her work has appeared in The Weeklings, Salon, Two Serious Ladies, and Ohio Edit. She studied creative writing at UC Santa Cruz and now lives in Los Angeles.
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I described my body in terms of my illness. My body was only chronic muscle and joint pain. It was 10-plus pain and exhausted. This was when I was bedridden,…
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And there I was, last night, watching a YouTube livefeed of a state Senate filibuster, something I never thought I would do. -Roxane Gay Let’s start with Roxane Gay’s Let’s…
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I’ve been housesitting and labeled my week here as a writer’s retreat. I haven’t quite gotten used to the coffee maker, so I put way too much coffee in the…
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I’m listening to Thom Yorke and Nigel Godrich’s curatorial hour as I write this curatorial column. Ben Loory shared a June Mix, which inspired me to eat a chocolate donut for…
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Q: Zoë, who did you fall in love with this week? A: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Listen to the ALOUD podcast, watch her TED talk about The Danger of a Single Story and…
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Joshuah Bearman’s website led me to Christy Wampole’s “The Essayfication of Everything” and Wample led me to Phillip Lopate’s “The Essay: an Exercise in Doubt.” After that, I stumbled onto…
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The private movie screening took place on the fifth floor of a building on Beverly Boulevard. When I took the elevator up, a man who worked in the office said,…
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My TROP interview with Aisha Sabatini Sloan led me to an interview with Maya Angelou. After I read the interview with Maya Angelou, I decided it was time to read “An Interview:…
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Years ago, after I graduated from UC Santa Cruz, I couldn’t write because my editor voice seemed to be in overdrive. I would start a sentence and somehow end up…