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I quit social media in college. This is how my life changed. For me the bad parts of social media we
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 to make me fully feel the
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. Their home
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, Live Section of The New York Times
Lisa K. Friedman
 
 
 
Brain inflammation caused by lupus changed my personality. I forgot the things I liked, The Insider
Meghan Bea
 
 
 
Why I showed my birth video to everyone I knew (and some I didn’t), The Washington Post
Laura Leu
 
 
 
How to Make a Scene, The Writer
Quinn Dalton
 
 
 
One Morning in Maine, Sunday Short Reads
Rita Ciresi
 
 
 
When I was 15, A Psychiatric Hospital Nearly Ruined My Life. This Advice Saved Me, Washington Post
Banning Lyon
 
 
 
Channel B, The Rumpus
Megan Steilstra
 
 
 
People Say I’m A Grief Expert, But When My Friend’s Husband Died, I Did Something I Deeply, HuffPost
Allison Langer
 
 
 
Make Me Worry You’re Not Okay, The New York Times
Susan Shapiro
 
 
 
After Our Son Died, My Husband Game Me the Most Meaningful Xmas Gift of My Life, Huffington Post
Emily Henderson
 
 
 
The Ring, Tin House
Stephen King
 
 
Jailbait, Granta
Ottessa Moshfegh
 
 
 
I Go Back to May 1937
Sharon Olds
 
 
The Fragility of All Things, Fourth Genre
Ashwak Fardoush
 
 
Is There a Doctor in the Marriage, The New York Times (Modern Love)
Anya Groner
 
 
My Year of Stress and Constipation, The New York Times
Cara Schacter
 
 
Walk, Riverteeth
Beatrice Motamedi
 
 
Epiphany in the Baby-Food Aisle, The Cut NY Magazine
Jessi Klein
 
 
Scattered Pictures #2: Naz Riahi As a Young Girl in Post-Revolution Iran, Oldster
Naz Riahi
 
 
Why I’m No Longer Avoiding Synagogues as a Black Jew for the High Holy Days , NBC NEWS
Brennan Nevada Johnson
 
 
What Will It Take for Men to Believe Women? Dame
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, Huffington Post
Jill Hamilton
 
 
Swerve, Brevity
Brenda Miller
 
 
Watching Them Watching Me, NY Times Modern Love
Dean E. Murphy
 
 
Keeping Up, New Yorker
David Sedaris
 
 
The End of the Affair
David Sedaris
 
 
The Wig
Brady Udall
 
 
Shitty First Drafts, Bird by Bird
Anne Lamott
 
 
In Transit, The Sun
Patricia Foster
 
 
It Will Look Like a Sunset, Guernica
Kelly Sundberg
 
 
 
 
Asthma
Seneca
 
 

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