Sex and the Young Reader
Theme Essay by Karen J. Ohlson
View all Trend piecesShould parents ever censor what their kids read?
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Are Thoughts Things?
Theme Essay by Cynthia Rosi
View all Inspirational piecesBecause our religion always marked us as oddities—the people who didn’t believe in doctors—my mother cringed at anything she thought was not socially normal.
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My Stint as a Literary Doorman
Theme Essay by David Cameron
View all Craft piecesThe world of literary publishing began to seem like a mysterious brotherhood: one part Masons, one part Teamsters.
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Unleashed
Essay by Jane McCafferty
View all StoriesPart of me was always glad my mother found a way to cast off the shackles of her ordinary consciousness.
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Why I Shouldn’t Worry So Much
Poem by Lisa Rhodes-Ryabchich
View all PoetryIf your veins say, drink from me, your life will never run out.
from adoption to writerly sins...
My Mother’s Exit
Essay by Meryl Natchez
View all Hot TopicsI didn’t see how I could say no. I knew if I were in her shoes, I’d feel the same.
