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At this point, it feels like I’m writing thank you notes out of obligation, like I had the equivalent of an internet wedding and instead of noting gifts given, I’m thanking them for playing a game with me for four hours.

On Freedom

by Kipp De Man | Jul 4, 2024 | Placeless

I have only been told that I am free, but not what that is for.

You’re the Same Stuff as Stars

by Ansley Kelly | Jul 3, 2024 | New York

Sleeping on a sailboat in the middle of the work week is my fulfillment of that dream.

Songs Ranked By Utility

by Christina Ribbens | Jul 2, 2024 | Placeless

Points against: The only time you need to know the names of Santa’s reindeer is to sing this song.

American Dreams

by Sam Tuit | Jul 1, 2024 | Washington, D.C.

I wonder how a man who by all accounts hated tyranny treated his slaves.

A Letter to My Daughter (I’m Having One)

by Caroline (Higgins) Nyczak | Jun 29, 2024 | Michigan

We’ll likely wake earlier when you arrive, of course, but for now I am savoring the late mornings.

Disaffiliate Me

by Annaka Koster | Jun 26, 2024 | Placeless

I didn’t think it would be difficult for me to return to my home church.

Love You Much, Grandpa from the Farm

by Natasha (Strydhorst) Unsworth | Jun 25, 2024 | Placeless

He extended his index and the remaining three-quarters of his middle finger: “that’s two—not one and a half!”

On Days Off…I Still Don’t Know What to Do

by Mitchell Barbee | Jun 23, 2024 | Placeless

My hobby has now become my full-time job.

Chappell Roan Helped Me Love My Gayness

by Kate DeHaan | Jun 22, 2024 | South Carolina

My hands shook as we waited for another three hours on a field in Charleston to see someone who at this point could still be a mythical creature.

A Little Further Along: A Letter to Future tpc Writers

by Emily Joy Stroble | Jun 21, 2024 | Placeless

Writing is a lot like your first eyeglass prescription. Suddenly, it is very intense to be alive.

What Did I Eat?

by Parker Yeo | Jun 20, 2024 | Placeless

Since I wrote that last post in September, what I eat has become equally as significant as whom I’m eating with.

He Would Have Been

by Hannah McNulty | Jun 19, 2024 | Placeless

There is no path that ends perfectly.

Top Five Prince Edward Island Lighthouses

by Isaac DeBoer | Jun 18, 2024 | Canada

Besides having a delightful name, Seacow Head showcases a wonderfully moody atmosphere—perfect for reading or drawing in your electric blue camping chair.

Namesake

by Carlisle Patete | Jun 17, 2024 | Placeless

She loved us a bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck, and told us so all the time.

On Being Young and Still Lonely

by Tiffany Kajiwara | Jun 16, 2024 | Placeless

My loneliness is an echo from a silent sound, a shadow with an invisible caster.

Writing [for the post calvin] Is

by Courtney Zonnefeld | Jun 15, 2024 | Placeless

Writing for tpc is remembering the joy of writing with your own voice.

Hollywood’s Imploding

by Noah Keene | Jun 14, 2024 | Placeless

Call it karma or the consequences of multiple dumb decisions crashing down all at once, but definitely call it multiple facets of Hollywood showing their butts.