Blogs about: Personal Essays
Of Missing and Moving Away
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nelfa wrote 5 days ago: There are places and people in our lives that we can never do without. Like brushing our teeth, or … more →
American Pastoral #8
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jonjost wrote 5 days ago: WTC 9/11 ceremony, 2009 Disney pigments Jacko’s house Marietta, Ohio Ralph Stanley Columbus, N … more →
Flashback Fridays with Tinesha Davis
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poetscorneronwpfw wrote 1 week ago: This is the way it starts. I’m writing a new book and like my last book (and probably the next … more →
My Two Dads - er, minorities
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thewholebenchilada wrote 1 week ago: An early draft of a college essay that I just couldn’t cut down to the proper word count. Neve … more →
Catching My Breath
poetscorneronwpfw wrote 2 weeks ago: It feels like a week since I’ve had time to post. But there’s good reason, I’ve b … more →
When I'm stuck in the middle
mamashaal wrote 2 weeks ago: This piece was published in Sister Magazine Autum Issue 2009. Mishaal Mir experiences her homecomi … more →
Beauty and me
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femspotter wrote 2 weeks ago: November 7, 2009 I love shopping for drugstore cosmetics. It’s like being in that fabulous box of 64 … more →
Happy Thanksgiving Mr. Kennedy, Wherever You Are
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paulehawkins wrote 2 weeks ago: Reports said he flew into the night without being instrument rated. No one could believe he had been … more →
Autumnal meander
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jonjost wrote 3 weeks ago: Nebraska, springtime My own body makes its minor key announcements: neck slipped out of alignment r … more →
Where It's Not Happening
poetscorneronwpfw wrote 3 weeks ago: courtesy of Laura Hartmark Where it’s Not Happening: Thoughts on Looking for the Place of Inspiratio … more →
The Things I Carry
thewholebenchilada wrote 3 weeks ago: An essay written for my AP English class, based in premise on the book “The Things They Carrie … more →
Pom-wonderfulness
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andrealein wrote 1 month ago: This afternoon I walked into the kitchen and lo and behold! there on the counter, in all its late-af … more →
Homecoming Recap
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thewholebenchilada wrote 1 month ago: This the part where I admit I was wrong. I was wrong to not go to Homecoming for three years. I was … more →
"Do you like being unhappy?" "Do you like the fact that rain is wet?"
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Natalia Antonova wrote 1 month ago: No one single instant of it was unendurable. Here was a second right here: he endured it. What was u … more →
A bag on a train
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femspotter wrote 1 month ago: October 16, 2009 I often wonder where human decency has gone…drifted away, it seems, on a sea of rig … more →
Monday Music: the vague stab at Europop/the shadow of the past edition
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Natalia Antonova wrote 1 month ago: Because Safiya has been on my case about this (she’s been on my case about lots of things, whi … more →
How To Write A Personal Essay
Jeff wrote 1 month ago: Over the years, I have written tons of personal essays — many of which have been published in … more →
Depression: at the Black Gate with Anton Chekhov and Leroy Jenkins
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Natalia Antonova wrote 1 month ago: I admire Chekhov, and not just for his writing, and not just because he was startlingly hot either. … more →
Last Moments 2/11/05
writingsbycooper wrote 1 month ago: My husband and I are standing inthe emergency room of a Boston hospital. We’ve come because my … more →
