Mother Tongue
Nicki PombierMother Tongue is a memoir-in-progress by Nicki Pombier about disability, motherhood, and language, with stories posted on Tuesdays, every two weeks.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 16 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 8 days ago |
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Mildly Normal
Oh no, an opening act.
I’m at a theatre in the West Village to see Maria Bamford, my favorite comedian.1 I am an old lady, in habit if not yet in age, and I will only attend shows with assigned seats, preferably ending before 10 pm. I hadn...
Pride and Pleasure and More Capacious Norms
Harriet McBryde Johnson’s memoir, Too Late to Die Young1, begins like this:
“I have come to expect it. The glassy smile. The concerned gaze. The double take—sometimes hilarious—when I roll out to meet a client in my waiting room or show...
The Jolly Jokester
The other day, a friend asked me a question that loved, one I have never been asked: How do you tease Jonah?
It’s not that I tease him, I realized. It’s more like these jokes we have together. We rib each other. I’m kind of terrified of “t...
Love Letters
I heard her before I saw her.
The gasp and pant, the thud of a body giving over to gravity.
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Wild Gods Passing
Wednesdays are sacred.
Each week, we make music with a group called the Huffbunnies. It’s a hootenanny instigated by three friends in 2015, who missed making music. (Cute lil’ origin story here.) Why not do it, why not take turns hosting,...
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Mother Tongue is a memoir-in-progress by Nicki Pombier about disability, motherhood, and language, with stories posted on Tuesdays, every two weeks.
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