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Write About This Life
I let a squirt of Purell cover my palms. I punch in the code to open the locked ward door and let myself in. An aide is loudly calling bingo numbers, competing with the din of the Boston Philharmonic on the television. Of the eleven people in the room, only one is even looking at her bingo card.IOne Morning in Maine
The L.L. Bean catalog arrives in early June, in an avalanche of hospital bills, condolence cards, and COVID-19 reopening announcements from Red Lobster and the Pinch a Penny pool supply store that proclaim, Jeffrey, we want you back!Thin Place
We’ve entered the thin place again, where the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead feels as if we could rip it open with a breath.We make altars to our beloved dead, arranging flowers and symbols around their fading photographs.WeBattling the Book
The book is no longer a piece of writing; it’s a puzzleIssue 78
The Sounds of Your Self
“Finding your voice”—or, even better, your voices—on the page is more than a craft challenge; it’s the key to claiming your storyIssue 78
I Am Al’s Lymphoma
"You could just call me Cancer, but you’re better off not calling me at all, and hoping that I never call you."Issue 78
Let’s Say
"Let’s say the medical examiner rules the cause of death 'undetermined.' There’s not enough information to say exactly what happened, except that he fell."Issue 78
Striving For Harmony
Using geometrical concepts to strengthen the structure of a workIssue 78
Dismantling the Patriarchy by Reclaiming Her Voice
Elissa Bassist reflects on how women’s voices get silenced & reborn, the eleven years it took to write her memoir, and how she wrote like a mother#^@%*&Issue 78
So This Dude
"So this dude I've been working alongside, landscaping and whatnot, he looks a lot like me. Three weeks we've been working together, talking and talking and talking."Issue 78