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Scenes from a Heatwave

My feet are tucked under me in the armchair by the window. I’m nursing the baby with one hand, and cradling a steaming mug of coffee in the other. Libby is in the kitchen, cooking a frittata and telling me about her first ex-husband.

The w...

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Rhaina Cohen's "Emergency Contacts Confidential"

It’s no secret Andrew and I are big fans of Rhaina Cohen’s thinking and writing . Her work has helped bring context and understanding to families like ours, which center friendship.1

The calling we share is speaking loudly about pursuing t...

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The Babies Make Their Network TV Debut

Greetings from the wilds of Newbornland…

We’re taking some quiet time, as summer unfurls spectacularly here in New York, to become settled with our new daughter Meenakshi.

The linden trees become sweetly, urgently redolent in the warmth o...

2 months ago
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Introducing: "Emergency Contacts Confessional"

I’m so excited to have our dear friend kick off Emergency Contacts Confessional! It’s our version of the Proust Questionnaire, mixed with those “crush-of-the-week” Q&As you’d see in an early-aughts teen magazine or tabloid. We’ll be fangir...

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Newborn Daze

Not advice, just an observation: The newly born are closer to the “other place” than they are to our world. You will see it when you look into their eyes. They are feral, animalistic succubi, with vast and unknowable black pupils that fill...

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  • Lola Milholland

    Writer and social practice artist fascinated by food, memory, and how we make meaning. Debut book, GROUP LIVING AND OTHER RECIPES, out now! Also, I run a noodle business called Umi Organic!

  • Rhaina Cohen

    I'm the author of the national bestseller, THE OTHER SIGNIFICANT OTHERS: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center. I write about the social sciences and social connection.

  • Amrita Vijay

    Creative Director @ vijayandstephens.com | Podcaster @ dontthinktwicepodcast.com | Radio DJ @ em-radio.com

  • Samantha Paige Rosen

    ✍\ud83c\udffbwriter-editor-tutor-coach \ud83d\udcdaLIVING, TOGETHER debut anthology coming from Beacon Press 7/14/26

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