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  • Sari Botton

    Sari Botton is the author of the memoir "And You May Find Yourself." She edited two bestselling anthologies: "Goodbye to All That" and "Never Can Say Goodbye." She publishes Oldster Magazine, Memoir Land, and Adventures in Journalism.

  • The Small Bow

    Expanding the definition of recovery, but no longer on Substack. Just go to www.thesmallbow.com to see what we're up to.

  • laurie notaro

    Writer. Columnist. Antagonist. But my mom finally likes me.

  • Brian Macaluso

    Senior producer of the Oldster Radio Hour podcast

  • Tony Fletcher

    An author, musician, traveler, and runner who writes and podcasts about writing, music, travel, and falling over.

  • Oldster Magazine

    Exploring what it means to travel through time in a human body, at every phase of life. Edited by Sari Botton.

  • A.G. Chemeche

    A.G. Chemeche is a queer writer and musician. They live between Edinburgh and New York City.

  • Lisa Marsh

    Writer. Reader. CEO Mom. Love a #Dancebreak. #GlutenFree #DairyFree #EggFree culinary wizard. I'm interested, curious and have opinions.

  • Jan Burns

    Jan Berlfein Burns is the author of March of the Living ~ Our Stories, a collection of war time stories from Holocaust survivors. Personal essays have been published in 34th Parallel, Good Printed Things, Jewish Journal, The Keepthings.

  • Vincent O'Keefe

    I am a writer and former stay-at-home dad with a Ph.D. in American literature. My writing has appeared at The New York Times, Wall St. Journal, Washington Post, Time, Parents, Plain Dealer, Great Lakes Review, Oldster, Open Secrets, City Dads, others

  • Ron Brawer

    Ron, a native New Yorker, is a Flatiron-based writer and screenwriter. RACE, his '80s rock band, played CBGB's several times and recorded at Electric Lady. He has an Emmy Award in Music and two grown sons, Maxx and Myles. Live long and prosper!

  • Kate Madden Yee

    Kate Madden Yee is a freelance writer and cohousing aficionado in Oakland, CA. She loves to write about women doing cool stuff, health trends, and community living.

  • Melanie Chartoff

    I'm a newer writer, an older actor, a late-blooming bride, and a stepmother and god grandmother-in-training. Welcome to the ongoing absurdities of my reinventing world.

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