personal essays

My Father Was a Child Molester and I Put Him in Prison

05.20.16

By Anonymous
Why Katherine Dunn’s ‘Geek Love’ Was a Bible to Weird Kids Like Me

05.16.16

By Molly Crabapple
What It Was Like to Grow Up Fat

03.11.16

By Eternity Martis
It Sucks to Be Sober in New Orleans

02.04.16

By Megan Koester
My Time as a Professional Debt Collector Made Me Lose Faith in Humanity

04.29.15

By Oliver Lee Bateman
Love, Lies, and the Long Aftermath of My Parents’ Divorce

03.25.15

By David Covucci
My Time as a ‘Cool’ Substitute Teacher and a Complete Trainwreck

02.20.15

By Tess Barker
And Now This: Author Elizabeth Wurtzel Reckons with Breast Cancer

02.06.15

By Elizabeth Wurtzel
My Impossible Quest to Teach My Mom the Language of the iPhone

01.30.15

By Tess Barker
How I Realised I Had a Drinking Problem

01.21.15

By Megan Koester
My Cat’s Brush With Life-Saving Gender Reassignment Surgery

01.19.15

By Josh Androsky
I’m Finally Coming to Terms With the Horror of My Divorce

01.06.15

By Megan Koester

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