writing

writing as my own form of parenting

I Wanted To Be A Parent. So I Became A Writer Instead.

When I was honest with myself, it was clear that it wasn’t parenthood that I wanted. I just had a desire to be involved in the lives of young people in some meaningful way.

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Ann Friedman: Podcast Co-Host, Writer, Caftan Enthusiast

Journalism's most trusted authority on the art of the GIF

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Erin Messer: Writer, Bookseller

Spotted: The Sunset, SF

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Maxine Nunes: Accomplished Writer, Forever New Yorker

From New York to LA, this lady knows a good story.

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Flash Fiction: A Restless Night On Earth

Like booster engines emptied of fuel, my limbs become disposable, useless tanks as the blood rushes from them.

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Concrete Roots

In the photograph, my great-grandmother, Margarita Cirigliano, is sitting at a small table on the front porch of the family home in Borough Park, Brooklyn.

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The writer, middle, with her friends Maureen and Janet

Why Do I Get To Be "Cancer Girl"?

If the odds of getting cancer are like Powerball, why couldn't I be a scratch-off millionaire?

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Roxane Gay: Bad Feminist, Best-selling Author

channing tatum enthusiast. writer. coveter of baby elephants.

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