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Month: February 2014

Memoir

The Videogame That Changed My Life

I’m not a gamer. I didn’t even know what IRL meant until a few months ago. Shameful, for a girl … Continue reading The Videogame That Changed My Life

Memoir

When Diving Under the Table Isn’t Enough

Recently, I went to a Seattle bar hosting festivities in honor of the Scottish poet Robert Burns. As my friend … Continue reading When Diving Under the Table Isn’t Enough

Musings

Saying Goodbye

One hour ago I packed up my housemate and leaned through the driver’s open window to tease her. Then, I stepped back. … Continue reading Saying Goodbye

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When Did Gentle Become Weak?

Dave Eggers’ 2006 novel, What Is the What, opens with a violent robbery for which the narrator, a Sudanese refugee, … Continue reading When Did Gentle Become Weak?

Musings

I Can’t Talk to Men

I mean it. I’m 33 years old, and it doesn’t matter if the dude is 21 or 41. If I … Continue reading I Can’t Talk to Men

Musings

On Dressing (and Undressing) at the Public Pool

Americans are weird about nudity. Maybe because we associate it exclusively with sex. To be a nudist in America is not … Continue reading On Dressing (and Undressing) at the Public Pool

Musings

Trust the Not-Knowing

Because sometimes the honest place is the empty place. The place of uncertainty. I’ve been talking a lot with my … Continue reading Trust the Not-Knowing

Musings

Winners and Losers

Today a middle-aged Korean woman and I learned that American culture divides people into winners and losers. Or so her … Continue reading Winners and Losers

Creativity

Listening as Discovery

On any given day, the writing center where I work exudes a cacophony of smells: there is curry–both African and … Continue reading Listening as Discovery

Musings, Spirituality

Into the Gray

I have a problem. I love certainty. Labels. Categories. Classifications: fiction or nonfiction, ethical or unethical, subject or verb. As … Continue reading Into the Gray

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