Emotional Support Brownies
Why was I crying over a can of seasoned squash?
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Posts Tagged: living abroad
When Ideals Meet Reality: The Contradictions by Sophie Yanow
You want to live by your ideals, but it’s hard to make them align with reality.
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The Price of Acceptance
I knew my mother would be surprised. I didn’t know she’d be horrified.
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The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Idra Novey
Swati Khurana talks with novelist and translator Idra Novey about the challenges and joys of translation, the idiosyncrasies of language, the inextricable reception of women’s writing and women’s bodies, and much more.
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I’ll Fly Away: Notes on Economy Class Citizenship
I want to break from a continued and systematic white supremacy so pervasive it is entrenched in the vernacular I use to express myself.
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Nerozumieš: You Don’t Understand
The best thing about living in a foreign country where I don’t speak the language is the ability to slide into solitude wherever I am.
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