Death, Memory, and Other Superpowers
There was no cedar chest filled with tissue-wrapped rattles, handprint art projects, and bronzed baby shoes. Our parents never spoke of our missing sister.
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Join NOW!There was no cedar chest filled with tissue-wrapped rattles, handprint art projects, and bronzed baby shoes. Our parents never spoke of our missing sister.
...moreWhy would I ask for my sanity from the Devil as I sleep walk, only to give it up again to the Holy Spirit?
...moreDolan Morgan discusses his latest short story collection, Insignificana, losing his favorite jacket, Internet comments, and the ending of Lost.
...moreBut is this implying enough that thin is the final message? I’m not sure. Sexy, we’ve nailed. But how do we make it clear thin is the goal?
...moreThis refined combination will transport taste buds into a state of euphoria matched only when capturing a rare Mewtwo on Pokémon Go.
...moreHey China, what the hell? A dog meat festival? You can’t do that. Here is the story of one man who agreed.
...moreI always say the last time was the last time, and I always mean it, but I’m scared I’ll relapse again.
...moreEating while alone can be a sad experience. At The Toast, read about all the sad meals in the sad novel Wuthering Heights.
...moreSuzanne Koven talks to food journalist, author, and activist Mark Bittman about his “Big Idea”—how food has changed in the last fifty years, and how to teach our children to eat better.
...moreWhat strange hurts hide in the lettuce, the strawberries, the chicken, the melon, the spinach? What dark poisons may turn the eating violent?
...moreIt seems to me that our three basic needs, for food and security and love, are so mixed and mingled and entwined that we cannot straightly think of one without the others. So it happens that when I write of hunger, I am really writing about love and the hunger for it, and warmth and […]
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