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Santa > God?

By Brandon Hicks

December 25th, 2016

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Tags: christmas, Evangilists, God, image, Night Before, polio, religion, santa

The Saturday Rumpus Essay: Heirlooms

By Naseem Jamnia

August 13th, 2016

The strings of our DNA mark us as one, but it’s the roots of our memories that bind us.

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Tags: Abadan, abandonment, Abuse, Amnesia, anxiety, arthritis, bipolar, child abuse, childhood, depression, drowning, family, fathers, Harry Potter, headache, immigrants, Iran, kindergarten, Lord of the Rings, Masterpiece Theatre, memories, memory, mental illness, mothers, Naseem Jamnia, neurons, polio, rape, Rugrats, schizophrenia, self harm, swimming pool, Tehran, trauma

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