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Gratitude.

November 2021

  • Eileen Garvin

    Women’s Work

    Sometimes, freedom means choosing your obligations

    Issue 74

  • Jenny O’Connell

    Sing It Loud

    Looking to music for lessons on embracing vulnerability on the page

    Issue 68

  • Angela Palm

    Hierarchy Of Needs

    Barraged with ads for products promising happiness, the author wonders, "Can we want things that we do not know about?"

    Issue 62

  • Emily Polk

    The Littlest Wren

    A woman retreats to a lonely island to learn how to mother a spirit child

    Issue 67

  • Shahnaz Habib

    Economy Class

    In every relationship, there is a spender and a saver

    Issue 59

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    Kristina Marusic

    Learning How to Become a Stranger to Yourself

    Saeed Jones on on the similarities between nonfiction and poetry, the beauty and treachery of social media, and the importance of making space for diverse vantage points

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