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Image of a bee flying towards a white fower

Precious Cargo by Felicia Zamora

March 1, 2023

A honey bee knows the outcome of haste and yet, she is here, in the light. She lives fully, either always in fear of, or without fear of, death attached to her actions.

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In Print, Nonfiction Tags 2023 March, Precious Cargo, Felicia Zamora, Nonfiction, essay, creative nonfiction, archive, throwback, print, 2012 fall vol. 5 issue 2

Of Eagles, Goats, and Space Men by Patrick Madden

February 15, 2023

Which is to say that you can essay about anything, find some small hook in the overlooked or takenforgranted.

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In Nonfiction, Print Tags Patrick Madden, Of Eagles Goats and Space Men, Print, Throwback, Archive, 2008 fall vol. 1 issue 1, essay, kiss, family, insomnia, argent, acefrehley, Lina María Ferreira Cabeza-Vanegas, 2023 February
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Wolf Biter by Sarah Viren

December 7, 2022

When our habits deform our bodies, we can’t hide the proof of what we do.

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In Nonfiction, Print Tags Throwback, Archive, Wolf Biter, Sarah Viren, 2015 fall vol. 8 issue 2, 2022 December, creative nonfiction, essay, nonfiction, print
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A Mother is Not a Zero-Sum Game by Elaine van der Geld

October 21, 2020

Before I became one, I’d never been interested in mothers. Those lumpen creatures with sagging faces, boxy, careless clothes, bad hair, beholden to a small dictator. Certainly, I’d never become one.

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In Nonfiction Tags A Mother is Not a Zero-Sum Game, Elaine van der Geld, nonfiction, essay, creative nonfiction, pregnancy, birth, 2020 October

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