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A Name I Call Myself

Changing my name seemed like a good idea at the time.

— 02/25/2013 Phoebe
The Temper Trap

Tips for controlling your anger.

— 02/25/2013 Liz Armstrong
Appetite for Instruction

I want to know about everything, all the time.

— 02/22/2013 Laia
Friends or Family

Why it’s absolutely necessary that you break your parents’ hearts.

— 02/21/2013 Danielle
Big Girls Don’t Cry

Except when they do.

— 02/11/2013 Hazel
Halfway Home

Even when he lived with us, my father was always vanishing.

— 01/28/2013 Stephanie
The Rise and Fall of Me

You have to fly high if you want to look down on everyone.

— 01/23/2013 Ruby B.
In the Age of the Mimis

Their brief but wondrous reign.

— 01/21/2013 Domingo Martinez
I Know What I Don’t Know

Embracing my cultural ignorance.

— 01/17/2013 Joe
Persephone and Me

A myth that became my reality.

— 01/15/2013 Stephanie

Hello, you. June’s theme will be LONGING. Unlike more-acute forms of desire like desperation or need, longing is a sweet ache—more pining for something than dying for it. It’s nostalgia, homesickness, boredom, a persistent feeling of lack, dreaming of escape/the future. It’s summer: summer homes & cottages, stuffy summer bedrooms, sun-bleached memories of summers past. The shadow of September that hangs over June. It’s secret hangouts, crushes, unrequited love. Send what you’ve got here, and thanks. ♥

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A Name I Call Myself

The Temper Trap

Appetite for Instruction

Friends or Family

Big Girls Don’t Cry

Halfway Home

The Rise and Fall of Me

In the Age of the Mimis

I Know What I Don’t Know

Persephone and Me

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