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Just Listed

Sarah Lewis - 0
The house where I was sexually assaulted just was just listed for sale.

Doors 

Sarah Edge - 0
She felt an urge to shed like a snake, to wriggle out of life and be new again — to walk through another door, to discover again, a new version of herself.

Genealogy Dealt the Fatal Blow to My Marriage

Barbara Krasner - 0
I spent hours reviewing emails from new genealogy friends, making entries in my research log, and mapping out family relationships.

Is Everybody Comfortable?

Trish Cantillon - 0
I was mesmerized by the ease with which she moved through life; a wonderful mixture of pride, sass and being comfortable.

A Degas Tattoo

Katherine Elena-Hanson - 0
Degas, famous impressionist artist that he was, doesn’t hold up well in the court of treating humans respectfully. Regardless, I still love his work.

Intermittent Rivers

Tina Carlson - 1
By mid-summer the river is mostly dry. People living on the banks have moved to more shade. I sit in its sandy bed, which sifts through my fingers.

Cocktails in Jaffa

Elena Shakhnovskay - 0
We quietly check our phones to see if Iran has attacked yet or if we can still finish those cocktails.

Would That Make Me the Atheist’s Wife?

Madeline Dietzman - 0
Translation: You’re not here enough for a pastor’s wife.

Bordering on Absurdity

Kirk Astroth - 0
We maintain our Humane Borders website’s “death map” to hammer home the appalling reality that Arizona is a land of open graves.

The Smell of Fresh Mint: On Signs and Synchronicities

Jessica Steward - 0
She is with me every time I smell fresh mint, and it transports me to her garden.

Dirty Spanish

Lauren Brockmeyer - 0
Like the history of the island itself, the history of Puerto Rican Spanish is complicated, blended together from all the cultures that have influenced it.

Learning to Figure Skate at 34 as a Chinese Canadian American Woman

Xing Zhang - 0
On the first day of figure skating class, I felt like I jumped into the deep end of a pool without knowing how to swim.
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