the braid
Rebecca Woolf, Richard Rushfield, Jodi Helene Arndt, Chelsea Gilmore, corrie clementsa newsletter that explores the braided experience of mother, lover and self. personal essays & conversations on sex, death, love, loss, parenthood, paradigms, identity, culture and coming of age. written by rebecca woolf with special guests.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 171 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | 13 days ago |
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After Party
The following is an essay written by friend, widow and writer, Corrie Clements and I am honored to share it here, today. I love you and your words, Corrie. Thank you…
He wiped his tears on his shoulder, one stiff, practiced motion,...
to the girl buying a single box of tampons at the drug store. sincerely, the woman in front of you buying milk.
I am giving myself a couple weeks to catch my breath over here. It has truly been one thing after another and I am emotionally overwhelmed and understaffed ATM. In the meantime, here is my latest from the Rumpus’ girl on girl and the follow...
on writing the marrow, graying the bangs and letting go of adult children
Yoko Ono, on display at The Broad DTLA
Hello, friends, and happy back to school to those of you with school-aged children! I am now the exhausted parent of two high school freshman and two (one college, one high school) seniors. I cannot...
stop butchering the word fuck with an asterisk
time to choose between the witch you were raised to fear (your own voice) or the pyre they will use to burn you with your own need for vAlidatIon
There is nothing more detrimental to your work than harboring fear of offending others which...
introducing girl on girl, a new bi-weekly column on the Rumpus
I have written about Monica before, here. I have also written about her here, here, and here. She has written about us, here and here and also here and here.
There is a chapter devoted to her in my book although her name has been changed t...
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mother of four, author of books, (inc ALL OF THIS: a memoir of death and desire) sex & the single mom and the Rumpus’ girl on girl. formerly girl’s gone child. currently in my car driving someone somewhere prob.
Columnist, The Ankler
Jodi has spent a decade navigating the dumpster fire that is Alzheimer’s. Misadventures with Mom and caregiving escapades with her Dad birth wild stuff. She sifts through words and writes to make sense of ambiguous loss while trying to keep sane.
Chelsea Gilmore is a screenwriter+CD+CMO multi-hyphenate. She moved 20 times before 20, which means she gets along with everyone except assholes. She once lost her car in a Disney parking lot for 7 hours. She considers LA the greatest city on earth.
Mom, writer, teacher, yoga instructor, Vegas raised. Found my voice as a widow. Work published in literary journals. Writing my debut memoir between work, kids, and plotting to quit my day job.
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