Lives

Larry Clark’s Teenage Lust, and My Own

By Lacy Warner July 13, 2017

As a teenager, I was obsessed with a sexy photograph. When I grew up, it looked different.

GenderSex

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What Seems to Be the Problem, Officer?

By Rebecca Hazelwood June 5, 2017

Before his arrest, my father was a local hero for putting bad guys behind bars.

AmericasFamily & Relationships

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The Last Ten Entries of Ren Hang’s Depression Diary

By Ren Hang, translated from the Chinese by Amanda Lee Koe May 26, 2017

The photographer and poet, before ending his life.

Asia & Oceania

Lives

After the Earthquake

By Peter Orner May 22, 2017

Oral histories on life, death, and survival in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

AmericasFamily & RelationshipsGender

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Until the Last Dog Is Hung

By Ed Winstead April 17, 2017

Crime, addiction, and religion meet at the greyhound race track.

Travel & AdventureUSA

EssayLives

Doll in Shadow

By Maria Browning March 24, 2017

Alzheimer's destroyed my mother's memory, but she remembered the doll.

Family & Relationships

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Out of the Iron Closet

By Masha Udensiva-Brenner March 20, 2017

In search of acceptance, a gay Russian man seeks asylum in the United States.

Asia & OceaniaPolitics

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Mirror Pain

By Jessie Male March 7, 2017

A daughter reflects on her mother’s life with polio

Family & RelationshipsHealth

EssayLives

My Lost Body

By Christina Crosby February 13, 2017

The radical claim of militancy and mourning.

The Future of the Body Bodies & NatureHealth

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Kissing Melissa

By Benjamin Busch January 25, 2017

An imagined kiss, remembered.

The Kiss Bodies & NatureFamily & Relationships

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Man Without Fear

By Sholeh Wolpé January 12, 2017

On an island, marred by a bloody past, a poet falls in love.

The Kiss EuropeLit WorldTravel & Adventure