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Benediction for the Bakery Manager
by Ansley Kelly | Dec 3, 2022 | New York
I learned how to use the mechanical bread slicer to slice fresh loaves of garlic tuscan, and how to base-ice a buttercream celebration cake.
Dear Posterity
by Christina Ribbens | Dec 2, 2022 | Placeless
While she wrestled greatly with the tension of simultaneously desiring community and independence, it is clear that she was actually nailing it the entire time and really had nothing to worry about.
The Dog-Man Question
by Sam Tuit | Nov 29, 2022 | Placeless
The lack of human hands was a dealbreaker for some members, who were told to “be the pickle jar opener in their own life,” by the group members who chose this option.
An Ode to the Turkey
by Jon Gorter | Nov 28, 2022 | Florida
Let me tell you, dear reader, nothing so wrenches the heart like turkey tears.
Welcome to the 1-800-GRADSCHOOL Hotline
by Anna Jeffries | Nov 27, 2022 | Placeless
We encourage you to recognize that your grunt labor for them is really grunt labor for us, and we would like to make sure we get as much out of you as possible before allowing you to limp away free.
Who Do You Think You Are?
by Natasha (Strydhorst) Unsworth | Nov 25, 2022 | Placeless
I am not the same as I was at four years old, but I am the same person. Right?
I’m Thankful for Dua Lipa
by Joshua Polanski | Nov 24, 2022 | Placeless
Dua Lipa is one of the most erotic artists in the pop-music industry. Let me explain.
On Days Off…
by Mitchell Barbee | Nov 23, 2022 | Placeless
If it’s not one job, it’s two, and if it’s not two jobs, it’s three.
Ten Songs About Being in Your Twenties
by Kayleigh (Fongers) Van Wyk | Nov 22, 2022 | Placeless
It’s easy to feel unaccomplished or running behind at this age, but Billy reminds us that we’re exactly where we’re supposed to be.
Walking in Warsaw
by Emily Joy Stroble | Nov 21, 2022 | Poland
This is a stock-image city. Sharp. Neutral. Orderly.
The Heart Is a Muscle
by Katerina Parsons | Nov 20, 2022 | Honduras
It wasn’t a bleeding heart that sent me overseas for those years.
The Destruction Phase
by Lillie Spackman | Nov 19, 2022 | Placeless
Sometimes things have outgrown their usefulness, or are proven to be harmful, or you just find a better way.
Career Diversity
by Ben DeVries | Nov 18, 2022 | Placeless
On good days, I remember that a job is just a job and that sometimes jobs change.
Option X
by Laura Sheppard Song | Nov 17, 2022 | Placeless
What’s the hotline number for when the word “die” echoes in your brain so blandly that you almost don’t notice it anymore?
In Celebration of Being a True Crime Wimp
by Tiffany Kajiwara | Nov 16, 2022 | Placeless
I texted my friend with the encyclopedic podcast knowledge to ask why she liked true crime. Instead, she told me why she quit.
In Season
by Courtney Zonnefeld | Nov 15, 2022 | California, Iowa
Perhaps I am a person who loves the seasons because they help me know that time is truly passing.
The Aftermath
by Olivia Harre | Nov 13, 2022 | Florida
The palm and mangrove trees were stripped of their leaves, and much of the vegetation on the island has turned brown.
Not Working
by Jack Kamps | Nov 12, 2022 | New Jersey
“Gotta make hay,” we’ll say to each other as we stumble out of bed at six a.m. to milk cows.
On Spiracles and Stingray Lagoons
by Gabrielle Eisma | Nov 11, 2022 | Grand Rapids
Spiracles. What a ridiculous name for the very thing that keeps you alive.
All Ten of Taylor Swift’s Albums, Ranked
by Philip Rienstra | Nov 10, 2022 | Placeless
By changing the one visual constant of the first three albums—the swirly-font Taylor Swift—the album immediately tells us that this is going to be a Taylor that sounds different.
25 Pedestrians, a Baby, and a Just Eat Rider
by Gwyneth Findlay | Nov 9, 2022 | Scotland
Just before they leave my field of view, they look up.
The Christian Dialect
by Susannah Boersma | Nov 7, 2022 | Placeless
Since that dinner took place in West Michigan, nobody batted an eye at my dramatic pronouncement.
Snowball Effect
by Hannah Riffell | Nov 6, 2022 | Michigan
But when I was sixteen, I moved to northern Michigan, where it starts snowing at Halloween and stops whenever God wants it to.
To Speak or To Die
by Alex Johnson | Nov 5, 2022 | Placeless
How does revealing to them that my mother has died help? What’s the point?
Weekends in Chicago
by Ansley Kelly | Nov 3, 2022 | Chicago
I took an Uber Black back to my hotel just because I could.
Requesting Grumpy Leave
by Christina Ribbens | Nov 2, 2022 | Placeless
Apple Store Man (Alex). Genius Bar appointment at 11:15am, confirmed death of laptop and had very nice eyes.
Make Me an Instrument
by Jaclyn Mae Vander Zee | Nov 1, 2022 | Grand Rapids, Indiana
My cohort looked at me funny when I’d walk into class with my trumpet backpack case in tow and I remembered what it felt like to again be the nerdy, weird girl.
Moon Knight: An Alternate Approach to Self-Love
by Corrie Merritt | Oct 31, 2022 | Placeless
When I watch Oscar Isaac hug himself on my TV screen, I see not only acknowledgment, but also an acceptance and love for the self that I wish I could realize.
Libraries
by Sam Tuit | Oct 29, 2022 | Placeless
I am reasonably convinced librarians are the closest thing that exists to wizards.
Graveyards
by Jon Gorter | Oct 28, 2022 | Placeless
Cemetery-learned drivers make for slow, steady drivers, who may or may not still bear the mental turmoil of having learned to drive surrounded by dead bodies.
