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Dear Sugar—the once-anonymous online columnist at The Rumpus, revealed in 2012 as Cheryl Strayed, author of the bestselling memoir Wild—is the person thousands turned to for advice about writing, relationships, and so much more. This column ran on The Rumpus from 2009-2012 and many of the pieces were collected for the book Tiny Beautiful Things. Read our full archives here.

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DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #77: The Truth That Lives There

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  • June 24, 2011
Because wanting to leave is enough.
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DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #76: The Woman Hanging on the End of the Line

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  • June 16, 2011
Acceptance asks only that you embrace what’s true.
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DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #75: The Three-Year Dry Hump

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  • June 2, 2011
Set your limits. State your needs. Respect your boundaries. Then step back.
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DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #74: Ten Angry Boys

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  • May 26, 2011
When it comes to our children, we do not have the luxury of despair.
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DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #73: I’m Standing Right Next to You

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  • May 19, 2011
In this very special Rumpus interview, Lidia Yuknavitch interviews our beloved Sugar.
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DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #72: The Future Has an Ancient Heart

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  • May 5, 2011
Let whatever mysterious starlight that guided you this far, guide you onward into whatever crazy beauty awaits.
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DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #71: The Ghost Ship That Didn’t Carry Us

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  • April 21, 2011
I’ll never know and neither will you of the life you don’t choose.
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DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #70: A Motorcycle With No One On It

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  • April 14, 2011
Z is like a motorcycle with no one on it. Beautiful. Going nowhere.
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DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #69: We Are All Savages Inside

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  • March 31, 2011
But the people who don’t give up are the people who find a way to believe in abundance rather than scarcity.
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DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #68: The Bad Things You Did

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  • March 24, 2011
I don’t think your path to wholeness is walking backward on the trail.
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DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #67: The Black Arc of It

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  • March 10, 2011
But compassion isn’t about solutions. It’s about giving all the love that you’ve got.
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DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #66: The Gentlest Possible Version of the Truth

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  • March 3, 2011
Addiction is a tunnel that wakes you up in the middle of the night. Everything else happens out here in the light.
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