Spotlight: “My Grandmother’s Pancake Recipe”
My grandmother, Frankie L. Baker, was born 72 years before me.
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Posts Tagged: Spotlight
Spotlight: “Dentist Dad”
A young woman stays with her boyfriend’s parents. It will be her last visit.
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Spotlight: “In Pursuit of a Better Me”
In the past, I have struggled with my body weight and the ways in which I eat.
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Spotlight: “Love Is Real”
On a Tuesday night in New York City, a girl meets the love of her life.
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Spotlight: “The Incredible Adventures of Man Spider”
Look! A crime! How will Man Spider solve it?
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Spotlight: “Japanese American Chocolate Pioneers”
How did this Hawaiian chocolate reach the middle of the cornfields?
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Spotlight: “I Met Prince Once”
While struggling with a severe bout of depression I found myself inexplicably drawn to Prince’s music.
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Spotlight: “Girl’s Guide to Personal Hygiene and Cell Decay”
Maybe that’s what we should teach in schools.
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Spotlight: “Reflections on My Quiet Nature”
Living in an extrovert-oriented society, I’ve always struggled to accept my own introverted nature.
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Spotlight: “As Before, So Behind (redux)”
What follows is an attempt to speak to the living, as well as the dead.
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Spotlight: “Roving Woman”
How sad, sure, but also how haunting, thrilling, lovely, and sweet.
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Spotlight: The Rumpus Review of Dirty Plotte: The Complete Julie Doucet
In 1999 I was five. I was really just discovering comics for the first time—mostly by reading Spiderman.
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Spotlight: “My Dead Friend’s Favorite Book”
Whenever I need to be close to Chelsea and the lessons she taught me, all I have to do is read.
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Spotlight: “The Crone’s Guide to Menopause”
The sunlit meadow is boring. We leave it behind.
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Spotlight: “Where Women’s Stories Go to Die”
An exploration of the toxic misogyny women artists experience in the workplace.
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Spotlight: “Fashion Dos and Don’ts 2050: Climate Apocalypse Edition”
A satiric comic that looks at the grim reality of climate catastrophe through the humorous lens of fashion tips.
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Spotlight: “Moon Moth” by Dylan Webb
In “Moon Moth,” Dylan Webb braids narratives amidst puppy love and quiet woods.
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Spotlight: “Survivors” by Aubrey Hirsch
But more and more I began to wonder if you needed to be human to be a person.
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Spotlight: “My Grandfather’s Seders” by Joey Perr
The artist’s father remembers his grandfather’s Passover Seders.
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