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The Time I Watched Norman Mailer Try to Fight G. Gordon Liddy in the Street

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James Grady Remembers One Weird Night in Suburban DC

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Swipe Right for Loneliness: On the Gamification of Dating Apps

Swipe Right for Loneliness: On the Gamification of Dating Apps

Nancy Jo Sales Considers the Perils of Instant Gratification and the Hellscape That is Tinder

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Letting Go of Silence in the Wake of Miscarriage

Letting Go of Silence in the Wake of Miscarriage

Barbara Becker on Grief and Recovery

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On the Ones We Leave Behind: God and Ghosts at the Wisconsin State Fair

On the Ones We Leave Behind: God and Ghosts at the Wisconsin State Fair

“Why can’t I go a week without wondering what she might have made of the person I’ve become?”

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“All He Wanted From Us Was Truth.” Remembering Stephen Dixon

“All He Wanted From Us Was Truth.” Remembering Stephen Dixon

Courtney Zoffness on Finding Authenticity in a Great Writer and Professor

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