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Arguing about abortion over appetizers (opens the original)
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On the last day of 2021, I sat at my parents’ dinner table with two of their neighbors, D and C. Funny that those are their initials, because we’d been arguing about abortion.The topic had come up as easily as the weather or what’s for dinner. As much as she was warm, self-deprecating, and charming with her Boston accent, C loved to argue about politics. She was a staunch conservative, regrettably with a gay grandson. She’d worked as a social worker for refugees who’d “escaped from socialism” —a
They always find me. (opens the original)
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Hello!If you live in NYC, I’d love for you to join me at COMMONPLACE. Founded by London-based author William Rayfet Hunter, it’s an intimate literary supper club bringing writers and readers together around a shared table. And it’s here in the Big Apple for one night only this Wednesday, September 2nd from 7-11pm at Open Book Club's new studio on the Bowery. The theme of the night is OBSESSION. Hear from myself, Jordan Tannahill, and Megan Nolan as we share readings and reflections on the things
As Above (opens the original)
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This year began like any other Thursday, which is to say Jan. 1 felt less like the first day of the year and more like waking up the day after a Wednesday. One day rolled into the next and the year on my journal entries changed, but I felt no delusional amount of newness to instigate promises of new habits and intentions. I was suddenly immune to the placebo effect of a New Year.This was likely because my perception of time transformed. I’d spent half of the previous year twiddling around my lif
Listening to Phoebe Bridgers is an act of devotion (opens the original)
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India's Education System Nearly Killed Me (opens the original)
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“The education system in India is messed up. People are killing themselves,” my friend V said. Considering we were sitting on the lush lawn of Fort Greene Park, watching parents celebrate their toddler’s birthdays and couples tenderly kissing, it felt strange to be talking about something so heavy. But our friendship had always been a balance of joy and despair, so it only made sense.V and I had grown up in Chennai together. We’d been close friends during our preadolescence. We’d seen the very w
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