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05/13/2024

Forgetting Gareth

Scouts, Eraserhead, and the phantom friendships of youth

by Michael James

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07/27/2023

The Vulnerability of Bodies

Embracing yours when nothing feels right

by Mary Ward

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05/25/2023

Dried Eggs and Bloody Underwear

My First Year of Menstruation with a Mother Going Through Menopause

by Lori Mooney

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04/18/2019

My Trouble With Men

Reflections of gender norms and what it means to be a ‘real boy’

by Mike Ingram

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11/16/2018

Ode to Olivia

An interview with poet Olivia Gatwood

by Camille DiBenedetto

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10/18/2018

Stalling until Graduation

What you learn being invisible

by Allison Remley

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04/12/2018

Are You There God? It’s Me, Crenshaw.

“[I]f we are only trying to relate to ourselves, we have lost.”

by Paul Crenshaw

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09/18/2017

The Accident Free Society

Cars with and without drivers

by Jen DeGregorio

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12/01/2016

Here’s to the Horses

A story of animals and adolescence

by Michael Engelhard

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10/04/2016

Cheddar Suns over Lettuce Mountains

Growing up at Del Taco

by Aaron Gilbreath

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