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Men I Hate: The Stasi Men

By Lynette D'Amico

Chaos Theory

By Courtney Zoffness

The Idiots

By Amanda Goldblatt

Mourn and Organize

By Olivia Schwob

Melissa Matthewson

Melissa Matthewson lives and writes in the Applegate Valley of southwestern Oregon. Her essays have appeared in Mid-American Review, River Teeth, Bellingham Review, among others. Her work has earned an AWP Intro Journals award and has been listed as notable in Best American Essays. She recently completed a fragmented memoir of lyric essays about marriage, farming, desire, and identity, of which this essay is a part. She teaches writing and literature at Southern Oregon University.
http://www.melissamatthewson.com
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On Coupling: An Inventory

By Melissa Matthewson October 19, 2016

“I want both: marriage and lovers, freedom and security. I want my husband to say yes to this.”

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