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A Space of Sanctuary: Mother Country by Elana Bell

  • Holly Mason
  • March 26, 2021
The body, like a country, holds so much, and all at once.
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Writing for a Trans Audience: Talking with Torrey Peters

  • Carter Sickels
  • January 18, 2021
Torrey Peters discusses her debut novel, DETRANSITION, BABY.
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Scratching Until You Find the Itch: A Conversation with Yi Shun Lai

  • Tamara Jong
  • January 15, 2021
Yi Shun Lai discusses her new memoir, PIN UPS.
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Bald-headed Muthaf*cker

  • Tahirah Alexander Green
  • May 19, 2020
Healing is slow. Fast. Slow again.
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Wanted/Needed/Loved: Erin McKeown’s Dress

  • Allyson McCabe and Esme Blegvad
  • December 19, 2019
I still had the dress and decided to wear it.
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Making It

  • Krys Malcolm Belc
  • May 6, 2019
Pregnancy had a beginning and end date. Breastfeeding, on the other hand, could last a day or five years.
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Redefining Manhood: A Conversation with James Hornor

  • Emma Irving
  • February 27, 2019
James Hornor discusses his new novel, VICTORIA FALLS.
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Mixed Feelings: A Valentine to Aging Women

  • Mandy Len Catron
  • February 14, 2019
Letting go of these ideas about a woman’s value feels like the obvious thing to do, but it’s really hard.
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Smoke Screen

  • A. Martine
  • January 3, 2019
I am an oracle who, while dispensing answers to all those who seek them, cannot predict my own future.
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Navigating Pink

  • Melanie Kachadoorian
  • December 27, 2018
Pink is Lucien’s favorite color.
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Voices on Addiction: A Conversation with Kristi Coulter

  • Sonya Lea
  • October 4, 2018
This world doesn’t have to like me. But it does have to reckon with me, with my humanity.
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Curse of Beauty

  • Andrea Askowitz
  • July 30, 2018
My daughter is beautiful. I wanted to be beautiful. And isn’t she a reflection of me?
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