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Forgetting and becoming
a reflection on the unknowability of everyone we love
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Courtney Martin
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Sunday 5
*You all were so generous about my poem Wednesday. Thank you so much for supporting my sometimes oddball expressions. It means so much to me.* Five…
Mar 24
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Preposterous
I am weeding in the garden trying to resist all the unearned metaphors while the sweet men turn the compost. My daughter asks for rolly pollies with a…
Mar 20
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Courtney Martin
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Sunday 5
Michelle Alexander on revolutionary love is what we need in this moment of bloodshed and anxiety. Of MLK’s Vietnam War opposition, quite unpopular at…
Mar 17
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The religion of being in love vs. the religion of being right
5 questions for author and organizer Garrett Bucks
Mar 15
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Courtney Martin
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'Lord, increase my bewilderment'
Three quick logistical things: I am moderating a conversation about burn-out, particularly for women of color in the nonprofit sector, tomorrow morning…
Mar 13
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Sunday 5
I loved this story about how a friendship seeded Secretary Buttigieg’s consciousness and even policy on disability. More stories like this please…
Mar 10
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I may never go to Disneyland
A reflection on midlife, time travel, and the too muchness of it all
Mar 6
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Sunday 5
This sounds like such a lovely new series from a writer I really like—“A series of lyric essays, each one inspired by the view from a different window…
Mar 3
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'Adventure no longer has to almost kill me'
5 questions for former firefighter, author, and tough broad Caroline Paul
Mar 1
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February 2024
Ageism and the American presidency
I just had a wonderful lunch with Rhaina Cohen of last week’s Q&A and Sarah Wheeler, my dear friend and fellow Substacker. We were talking about the…
Feb 28
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Sunday 5
Would you believe, I was looking for something online and stumbled on this article I wrote in 2009 about the feminist potential of Barbie!? If only I’d…
Feb 25
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