Stories We Study

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I quit social media in college. This is how my life changed.
Jenna Bloom
Facing the Fallout of a Spectacular Betrayal
Samantha Silva
The Crane Wife
CJ Hauser
Ending my marriage was painful. But it took selling our dining-room table.
Sarah Gundle
WRITING LIFE: 9 Steps to Reach Your Dream Pubs
Tamara MC
In high school, when things weren't great, my friend's welcoming family became my refuge.
Kim Costigan
This Is the Room Where
Nels P. Highberg
Who Is My Reader?
Sulaiman Addonia
I Hid the Truth About My Mom's Bipolar Disorder
Liza Mazina
Ghost Story
Maggie Smith
What It Took to Finally Stand Up to My Biggest Fear
Carmen Cusido
Charged Up
Simon Winchester
My Year of Talking Porn
Polly Barton
The Mystical Wolverine, The Story Collider
Katie Moriary
Radio: An Illustrated Guide
Jessica Abel + Ira Glass
Fear and Laughing
Lisa K. Friedman
Brain inflammation caused by lupus changed my personality. I forgot the things I like.
Meghan Bea
Why I showed my birth video to everyone I knew (and some I didn’t).
Laura Leu
How to Make a Scene.
Quinn Dalton
The Fragility of All Things
Ashwak Fardoush
Is There a Doctor in the Marriage?
Anya Groner
My Year of Stress and Constipation
Cara Schacter
Walk, Riverteeth
Beatrice Motamedi
Epiphany in the Baby-Food Aisle
Jessi Klein
Scattered Pictures #2: Naz Riahi As a Young Girl in Post-Revolution Iran
Naz Riahi
Why I’m No Longer Avoiding Synagogues as a Black Jew for the High Holy Days
Brennan Nevada Johnson
What Will It Take for Men to Believe Women?
Kristi Coulter
In Bed, The White Album
Joan Didion
I'm a Middle-Aged Woman. This is What Happened When I got a Happy Ending Massage.
Jill Hamilton
Swerve, Brevity
Brenda Miller
Watching Them Watching Me, NY Times Modern Love
Dean E. Murphy
Keeping Up
David Sedaris
The End of the Affair
David Sedaris
The Wig
Brady Udall
Shitty First Drafts, Bird by Bird
Anne Lamott
In Transit
Patricia Foster
It Will Look Like a Sunset
Kelly Sundberg
When I was 15, A Psychiatric Hospital Nearly Ruined My Life. This Advice Saved Me.
Banning Lyon
Channel B
Megan Steilstra
People Say I’m A Grief Expert, But When My Friend’s Husband Died, I Did Something I Deeply Regret.
Allison Langer
Make Me Worry You’re Not Okay
Susan Shapiro
After Our Son Died, My Husband Game Me the Most Meaningful Xmas Gift of My Life.
Emily Henderson
The Ring, Tin House
Stephen King
Jailbait, Granta
Ottessa Moshfegh
I Go Back to May 1937
Sharon Olds
Asthma
Seneca

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