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Connecting Our Past to Our Present: An Interview With Jamila Minnicks

Within true community, we can experience our deepest vulnerabilities because we know that we are safe to fail, encouraged to thrive, and needed to be part of something greater than our little selves.

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How to Write an Honest Memoir: A Conversation with Evette Dionne

I don’t ever do anything from a place of fear—which is an odd place for me to be in because I have anxiety—but I have to [step into places of discomfort] because that’s where growth happens. If you’re comfortable, you’re not growing.

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A joyful expression of femininity and play: Talking dolls with Maria Teresa Hart

In which one Samantha interviews another.

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The Answers Usually Come from Somewhere Unexpected: An Interview with Emma Winsor Wood

If you go to a poetry reading, the aphoristic moments are usually where the audience lets out a collective “hmmm” or “ahhh”—almost before the poet has finished the sentence.

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American Mothers are Screaming: A conversation with Jessica Grose

I think people want more unstressed time with their kids. I think so much of the time we are spending with our kids we are exhausted, and we have all this other stuff on our minds that’s mentally draining, physically draining. But the answer is not always more childcare.

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Embracing the Half-Wild Creature: A Conversation with Sara Moore Wagner

That giant “unknown” that we’re hurtling towards is so vast. One day we’ll be torn apart by it.

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I want their view of the world altered for the better: A conversation with Zein El-Amine

I believe that we wield whimsy to gain the malleability to adjust to the harshness of the human condition, and this is especially true when you live in war torn countries.

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Finding Conviction in Chaos: Talking with Prince Shakur

When we act and what language we use to defend ourselves matters; on a craft level, this is useful to know because this very logic reveals character. What do you care about? And how does that show up in your life?

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Centering, Appropriation, and Satire: A conversation with Chinelo Okparanta

. . . for me, a true ally makes me feel safe by actually hearing me out, by not dismissing my experiences or immediately jumping to the defense of the other party. Such an ally admits their limitations while also holding themselves accountable.

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Tasting Our Own Wildness: Talking with Talia Lakshmi Kolluri

. . . perhaps humanity is not the pinnacle of what a living thing can be . . .

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What does it mean to believe in something: A Conversation with Nancy Marie Brown

But this sense of being able to open yourself up to wonder is something you can do at any age. You just have to open yourself to it. Frankly, for me, it's a whole lot easier to do that when you're out in the middle of nowhere, you're cold and you're hungry.

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