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My Father and I
I was eight years old the only time I saw my father cry. This was when we still lived in the red brick apartment building. First unit, second floor. I…
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My Grandmother, “Carrie & Lowell,” and Me
Five years ago, Sufjan Stevens’ released the tender and languid Carrie & Lowell. The album quickly became not only his most critically acclaimed project, but a staple in Gen-Z culture.…
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Quarantining with Family Is a Never-Ending Thanksgiving Dinner
For Father’s Day last year, I bought my dad Ben Shapiro’s first book, The Right Side of History. I never would have bought it on my own as someone who…
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Sorry, Hawai’i Is Closed—Come Back Never.
There’s no pain like that of not being able to hold someone that’s right in front of you. When I got home after being evicted from my college, there was…
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Strung Along: How We Separated Our Dreams from Our Families’
At the end of my first day of kindergarten, my mother had to drag me out as I kicked and screamed. I soon calmed down and agreed to leave when…
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Death, Rings, and 12th-Century Churches
When my grandpa sits me down next to the chessboard where I’ve still yet to beat him and gives me his annual talk about all the ways in which we…
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Divorce Isn’t As Greedy As Society Makes Us Think
For years, I resented my parents for splitting my life in two. I’d see my best friend’s parents sitting together at their dinner table, peacefully discussing their day, and would…
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Brown Big Sisterhood and the Things It Teaches Me
As the eldest daughter of immigrants, I can’t remember the moment someone placed the world in my hands, my head high but my knees bent. It happened more organically than…
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Beyond the Gravel Field
My hands burned against the blistering concrete as I practiced my cartwheels and handstands. Empty shopping carts filled the parking lot like tumbleweeds in a desert. The radio from my…
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