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husbands and wives

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A Man’s ABCs of Miscarriage

  • Elison Alcovendaz
  • October 12, 2016
I once heard the only thing faster than the speed of light is the speed of thought, and I wonder if simply thinking about Sawyer’s sister until my head hurts could get us to the place we fear talking about.
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The Mortgage Arrangement

  • Janis Cooke Newman
  • August 26, 2016
It’s true that real estate can’t save a marriage. But it might be equally true that it can save a relationship.
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This Week of Short Fiction

  • Claire Burgess
  • April 29, 2016
New motherhood: it’s common but totally strange, completely natural yet weirdly alien, a beautiful miracle and absolutely disgusting. It can also have some strong effects on a woman’s perception of…
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Vonnegut’s Secret Weapon

  • Kelly Lynn Thomas
  • December 9, 2015
Without his wife Jane’s faith and encouragement in his writing, it’s highly likely we wouldn’t know Kurt Vonnegut’s name from Adam. The New Yorker explores Jane’s influence on her husband…
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Cheaters: A Life in Eyewear

  • Suzanne Koven
  • March 26, 2015
When I was nine I faked a vision test to get a pair of pale pink cat eyed beauties. Because I wanted them.
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At the Museum

  • Garnett Kilberg Cohen
  • February 11, 2015
I have seldom visited a museum when I didn’t return home with a feeling I had not had when I departed.
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Ungumming the Keys

  • B.J. Hollars
  • September 10, 2014
On the cusp of my 30th birthday and just days before the birth of our second child, I decide to do the practical thing and purchase a pair of nonfunctioning typewriters.
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Get Me Away From Here, I’m Dying

  • Gayle Brandeis
  • May 23, 2012
No one comes in to check on me, no one asks if I’m okay after I finally emerge, embarrassed, my eyes completely red. They all love me, but not enough to forgive what I’m about to do.
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