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Please Don’t Sit Next to Me

A few months ago, I was hanging alone with a sandwich while watching Atypical on Netflix. In the season 2 episode, “A Nice, Neutral Smell,” the main character, Sam, who is autistic,...

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I Finally Understand What Stephen King Was Saying About His Desk

I’ve always had a complicated relationship with writing desks. It seems absurd to say such a thing, because a writing desk is an inanimate object and therefore indifferent, which should make...

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The Inadequate Language of Expats and Immigrants

The difference between an immigrant and an expat is significant. What makes a person one or the other is determined by their reasons for leaving their home country, and what they intend to do once...

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Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot

On a scorching July morning in a Colorado that existed before cell phones, streaming, and apps, my friend Michelle and I slathered oil on ourselves and sprawled out on a couple of rickety aluminum...

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Living Abroad Makes You Talk Funny

There’s a scene in Highlander where our hero, the immortal Connor MacLeod, gets hauled in by the New York City popo for engaging in some swordfight and beheading shenanigans in a parking lot...

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Self-Promotion vs. Self-Sabotage: The Weird Balancing Act of Being a Writer With Anxiety

Here’s a scenario I’ve lived through more than once and will likely experience again one day: I’m having dinner with a small group of people, chiming in only occasionally because I...

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These Days, I’m Totally Cool With Being a Goat-Eating White Trash Princess Barbie

If I were ranking each decade of my life, my 40s would have the top score. It’s a comfortable place of knowing myself better than ever before, and full-blown adulthood is an achievement that...

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A Story About Expat Depression and How I Might Be a Wizard

When you move to another country, the whirlwind of emotions begins to wreak havoc before you even take the suitcase out of the closet. Anticipation. Fear. Sadness. The entire spectrum from a...

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Finding Hope in a Galaxy of Women’s Stories

If you’re reading this, that means we made it through 2017. What seemed like a hopeless quagmire of shit and doom in January is still an insane quagmire of shit and doom, but maybe it’s a...

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Short Stories and Tiny Blissful Moments

How are we doing these days? Holding up? Hanging in there? I hope so. If you’re reading this, I hope you’re doing so during a brief pause from doing nice things for yourself like reading...

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