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Marriage of a Different Kind

  • Jaya Wagle
  • February 4, 2019
I will marry and find love, because this is the closest I have felt in a long time to giving it another try.
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The Sunday Rumpus Essay: Ladies Lazarus

  • Piper Daniels
  • December 11, 2016
For Mother, two worlds—earth we inhabit together, then the hot, heavenly body of euphoria and speed. Often, Mother exists in the tear between these worlds, belonging nowhere, to no one.
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Wishing and Hoping: Card Tricks, Love Spells, and Methods of Escape

  • Bonnie Johnson
  • August 16, 2016
I’ll go one further and posit that we need our illusionists: to disprove our eyes, investigate our dreams, and sometimes charm the money from our pockets.
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The Read Along: Kelsey Miller

  • Kelsey Osgood
  • March 30, 2016
The Read Along is a new column that offers a glimpse into the reading habits of real-life writers. Our first installment features Kelsey Miller, author of the memoir Big Girl and columnist at Refinery29.
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Metaphor in Retrograde

  • Mary Allen
  • February 4, 2016
Is your big break finally coming? Will you get that novel finished? Are you about to be struck over the head with a mallet of inspiration? All of these questions…
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