Writing What Bothers: A Conversation with Frances Cha
Frances Cha discusses her debut novel, IF I HAD YOUR FACE.
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Posts Tagged: postpartum
Losing the World
When we begin life, language is play.
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The Crack-Up
If I slept… All night, I stayed awake.
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The Myth of the Lazy Mothers
I worried that I no longer knew myself.
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Babysitter
For my daughter Stella’s first birthday, we got her a babysitter.
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The Thread: All in My Head
I am in a war, and some of the toughest battles happen in my head.
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It’s Just Reality: Talking with Meaghan O’Connell
Meaghan O’Connell discusses her new memoir, And Now We Have Everything, perfectionism in motherhood and writing, and being pregnant again.
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Paying It Forward: Meaghan O’Connell’s And Now We Have Everything
[O’Connell’s] baby, once born, is not the answer to any question, but rather the genesis of a thousand new ones.
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This Is Not a Story About a Ghost
This is a story about memory. About neurons misfiring, about the strange space between dream and awake, that feeling, when I’m falling asleep, of falling backwards, swinging my arms up to catch myself.
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