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Voices on Addiction: Gotta Light?
Was he going to show up and tell our parents? What would we say? Would we lie? Would Sarah cry again?
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Parallel Practice: How to Break a Sentence
Which color might capture the word “would,” for example? And which stitch?
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What to Read When Walking Through a Graveyard
What is lost so that a book may live? What is shoveled so that a memoir may memorialize?
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Voices on Addiction: Dodging Rocks
I was also told that Sophie’s first words as she was tackled by police and hit the cold, hard linoleum of the PO’s office were, “Tell Dad I’m sorry.”
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What to Read When You Need to Blaze a New Trail
One wonders: doesn’t the cream always rise to the top? If not, whose responsibility is it to change that?
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The First Book: Eduardo Martínez-Leyva
Without realizing it, in those years when I wasn’t actively writing, I reflected, processed, grieved, and learned to be kind to myself.
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The First Book: Karissa Chen
Despite the many periods of self-doubt I had, the stretches where I felt I would never write anything good again—I would always eventually return to my desk, because I wouldn’t let myself give up.
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Parallel Practice: Haunting in Theory/Haunting in Practice
Salt is used for food, not purification. Candles should be burned for ambiance, not to manipulate energies.
