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Eve Ensler: Imagining an Apology From<br> My Abusive Father

Eve Ensler: Imagining an Apology From
My Abusive Father

the words to me."">"I am done waiting. My father is long dead. He will never say
the words to me."

By V (formerly Eve Ensler) | May 14, 2019

When Your Daughter Refuses to Be in Your Essay

When Your Daughter Refuses to Be in Your Essay

Beth Alvarado on the Boundaries of Memoir

By Beth Alvarado | May 10, 2019

On the Fine Details of New Life, and the Names We Give

On the Fine Details of New Life, and the Names We Give

Sarah Knott in the Moments After Birth

By Sarah Knott | May 10, 2019

The Stories Mothers Never Tell

The Stories Mothers Never Tell

A Collaborative Essay by Jill Talbot and Marcia Aldrich

By Jill Talbot and Marcia Aldrich | May 10, 2019

Existential Dread and the Art <br>of Boat-Building

Existential Dread and the Art
of Boat-Building

On Fatherhood and Large Projects That Make No Sense

By Jonathan Gornall | May 8, 2019

On Elizabeth Bishop, Loss, and Coming Out After 20 Years in a Convent

On Elizabeth Bishop, Loss, and Coming Out After 20 Years in a Convent

Patricia Dwyer Revisits the Spaces She Has Lost

By Patricia M. Dwyer | May 7, 2019

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Birthing Calfs, Writing Novels: This is My Job Now

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The New Toolkit For Opening Up Your Memoir Writing

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On Not Writing About My Father, an Actual Mad Scientist

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My Husband, My Job, Myself: A Story of Three Marriages

My Husband, My Job, Myself: A Story of Three Marriages

Sejal Shah and a Theory of Three Rings

By Sejal Shah | May 3, 2019

Who Do We Become When We Survive Our Pain?

Who Do We Become When We Survive Our Pain?

Karen Havelin: "Having a body is not for the faint of heart."

By Karen Havelin | May 2, 2019

Growing Up At Ground Zero of American Apartheid

Growing Up At Ground Zero of American Apartheid

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The Stories We Tell Our Sons <br>About Becoming Men

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Sophia Shalmiyev on Raising a Boy in America

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Amy Tan Reflects on 30 Years Since<br> <em>The Joy Luck Club</em>

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Writing Fiction That's Truer Than Memoir

By Amy Tan | April 23, 2019

An American Love Story With No Love

An American Love Story With No Love

Kendra Allen Looks Back at Her Parents' Divorce

By Kendra Allen | April 19, 2019

On the Decision to Make Patrick Bateman a Serial Killer

On the Decision to Make Patrick Bateman a Serial Killer

Life in Manhattan, c. 1987: From Bret Easton Ellis's White

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