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The speed boat moves fast and Genesis notices Kayla’s hair keeps getting into her eyes. She laughs, as do all the others, who bounce up and down and let out high-pitched screams each time the boat rides a wave up into the air before crashing back down on the choppy water. Kayla grips the edge […]
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Jade Sharma discusses her first novel Problems, the complicated feelings that came with debuting to rave reviews, and her writing and editing processes.
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Then the road less traveled by diverged in a wood and took him in the night.
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This was a reconnaissance mission. My intention was to save her, not alienate her.
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I can tell he knows exactly what kind of trouble I like.
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James Brown and Patrick O’Neil discuss WRITING YOUR WAY TO RECOVERY.
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Television babysat our family—our thirteen-channel set, reception via a rooftop antenna.
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Kayleb Rae Candrilli discusses their new poetry collection, WATER I WON’T TOUCH.
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Lilly Dancyger discusses her debut memoir, NEGATIVE SPACE.
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“Thinking about blurring those lines got me closer to the truth of the clichés.”
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Addiction steals your integrity. Your freedom, too.
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For years, decades even, my father tried to escape meth’s hold.
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She introduced me to the ugly of religion and to the beauty of the world.
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Rachel Genn discusses her new novel, WHAT YOU COULD HAVE WON.
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I always thought I was too smart to be one of those girls.
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The hit below the belt worked. A jab like that was the quickest way to protect one’s denial.
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All anyone really wants is to be seen and heard, and yet we avoid seeing and hearing others every day.
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Amy Long discusses her debut book, CODEPENDENCE.
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Anything we write now is a primary source.
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Judith Santopietro discusses TIAWANAKU. POEMAS DE LA MADRE COQA/POEMS FROM THE MOTHER COQA.
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Alysia Li Ying Sawchyn discusses her debut essay collection, A FISH GROWING LUNGS.
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Fear is real. Pain is real. Loss is real. Suffering is real.
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The marijuana shop shimmers from the abyss, a glowing green jewelry box atop the hill.
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Alia Volz discusses her debut memoir, HOME BAKED.
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I’m saying people can be imperfect and still be remembered as beautiful.
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I want to respond from my heart—not my anger, my judgment, my desire.
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Erin Khar discusses her debut memoir, STRUNG OUT.
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I wanted to stop withholding from them, but withholding was like a drug.
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It’s the atmosphere. The temperature. What lies between thee and me.
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When I imagine his days, the loneliness of it all makes my chest tighten.
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