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The Vietnam War Memorial
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“Talking’ ‘Bout My Generation”
[a prose poem]
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“The end of a poem should sound like the click when a box closes....
Just Go Right Through It
Just Go Right Through It
Written By: Kat Kerr
The best mental health advice I’ve ever been given isn’t poetic.
It’s not pretty.
And it’s certainly not elegantly worded.
It’s just five simple words.
Just go right through it.
At...
I Thought Moving States Would End the Nightmare
Photo by Anastasiia Nelen on Unsplash
I first published a version of this story in early 2024. In a recent edit for a book I’m working on, I realised it wasn’t my best work. I’ve practically rewritten it, so if it sounds familiar to my ori...
Please Don't Quit Before Things Get Good
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I had to force myself to eat breakfast and decided on cereal, my hands shaking as I poured milk in my bowl. I began to argue with the voice in my head that bullies me and makes me feel small. That was...
If I don’t have romance, can I substitute with friendship?
I didn’t know Lily that well, only that she was dating my friend Jimmy. I’d sit with her and others at crowded high tops with beers and French fries. Sometimes, we’d have a rare one-on-one conversation over people’s heads. But Lily and I bo...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
KiKi is an Orange County–based writer raised in the Adirondacks, where big feelings fueled her flair for the dramatic. She loves bad TV, needy dogs, pajamas, & raw, personal stories. Publisher of The Memoirist and The Memoirist Quarterly.
The stories behind businesses, inventions, books, and ideas are rarely about business. Just One Good Idea explores the hidden human origins behind them.
I've got an interesting take on what's changed since I made my bones in the heyday of photo assignments, when magazines ruled the media.
And just when she thought she couldn't go on, she did - with wicked humour and a will to survive | Shameless Sugar Addict | Cake is Life
Wife to one, mom to three, friend to all.
Everyone was thinking it...I said it out loud!
Beauty is everywhere and I am constantly distracted by it. I've made my living as a dancer, designer and writer just trying to leave some beauty behind. Here is where I leave some stories.
I am a conservative Christian who loves to enjoy the beauty of nature by hiking in parks and on trails. I enjoy writing and reading ! I love to travel when I can and spend time with people I love and enjoy laughing with as often as possible.
Morally gray, successful person giving social commentary and 20-somethings advice on career, identity, friendships, and love. Observational dry humor.
Deeply connected to nature and words and creativity, I write creative non-fiction essays, knowing that my story connects to yours and that we are here to share them. I am also a visual artist, with special interest in mixed media collage art.
One who wonders.
Being a woman of a certain age, I have much to share—wander with me through memoir, personal essay, garden notes, and cultural reflections.
Catherine G. Tripp writes for grownups, for the curious. A scribbler since childhood, Catherine has published and performed memoir, short stories, poetry, and essays. Her prose shines a light and finds humor and courage in life’s unloved corners.
I got sober in midlife. I write about my addiction through storytelling, sitting in the ‘uncomfortable’ and what identity means when you’ve finally come up for air. Messy. Greatly imperfect. Proudly honest.
Trauma coach, educator, and writer. Words in HuffPost, She Does the City, Demeter Press, Motherly, and more.
I know more than I'd like to about complex trauma & recovery. I write about both & also things that have helped me: music, humor, books, nature & all that adds beauty and meaning to our lives, not to mention a helluva lot of therapy.
Retired early. Did everything right. Writing honestly about who a woman is when she stops performing for the stands.
3,200,000 steps a year—my way of exploring Mexico City, nourishing my imagination, and moving toward my first novel’s completion.
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