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My Struggle, vol. 6: Dan, November 20

Somewhere over the Atlantic Dear friends, It was anxiety. Now, despair. “My basic feeling is that of the world disappearing, that our lives are being filled with images of the…

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Being a Woman in Public

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Contemporaries Essays

My Struggle, vol. 6: Marit MacArthur, November 13

Sacramento, California, indoors, hiding from hellish air quality due to the Camp Fire, dealing with my children’s first case of head lice “Most reckless things are beautiful in some way,…

Contemporaries Essays

My Struggle, vol. 6: Joshua Keating, November 12

Washington, D.C. Dear fellow strugglers, A wave of nostalgia hit me as I finished Book Six of My Struggle after midnight on a sweltering August night. While I had inhaled…

Contemporaries Essays

Sex and the City: Dilara O’Neil (Guest Post), November 8

Bed-Stuy, New York Dear Friends, In Season 5, Episode 5, on the heels of her breakup with Aidan, and Big’s move to Napa Valley, Carrie publishes a collection of her…

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Contemporaries Essays

My Struggle , vol. 6: Jess Arndt, November 6

“What was so dangerous about closeness?” (redux) The Old 77, New Orleans, LA and Echo Park, LA, CA All, Like Omari, I’m struggling (no pun indented) more than I expect/ed….

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My Struggle , vol. 6: Omari, October 31

Portland, OR Dear all, Before I get to Hitler, I want to talk about feelings—my own, stirred by one Karl Ove Knausgaard. I wrote another letter before I wrote this…

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My Struggle , vol. 6: Katherine Hill, October 26

October 26, 2018 Brooklyn, NY Dear Each and Every One of You, Several of you have heard this already, out loud, at our exhilarating Slow Burn panel at ASAP/10 in…

Contemporaries Essays