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    Keetje Kuipers on becoming a single mother by choice, gardening topless, and leaping without looking.
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    Tiana Clark on divorce, joy, and taking up space on the page.
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    Four poets on old stories, cultural memory, and minority languages.
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    Rebecca Lindenberg on diabetes, a final phone call, and letting yourself fall in love.
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    Catherine Barnett on improv, misfit details, and the humor in elegy. 
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    Mike Sonksen on the Los Angeles fires and what it means to love a city in danger.
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    Helen Vendler and Marjorie Perloff in the words of people who loved them.
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    Caleb Femi on parties, golden pavements, and the downside of self-awareness. 
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    Cass Donish on grief rituals, putting on makeup, and letting in joy.
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    Elisa Díaz Castelo on vertigo, breaking a chicken, and her grandmother's advice for a good life.
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    Violeta Orozco on the US presidential election, leaving Mexico, and her connection to deep time.
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    Tyler Mills on the truth, how to love a cockroach, and her grandfather's silence about the bomb.
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    A.B. Spellman on Jim Crow, alligator suede shoes, and shaking up the art of the castle.
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    Garth Greenwell on shame, small acts of love, and the patch of snow inside us.
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    Idra Novey on exile, stereotypes, and making art the center of your life.
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    Helena and Nicholson Baker on drawing your loved ones, the horrors of the world, and finding your way back to beauty.
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    Perry Janes on Hollywood, ego, and trying not to break his NDA.
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    E.J. Koh on distance, broken English, and writing poems that forgive.
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    Camille Dungy on her garden, writing from the provinces, and the poetry of Anne Spencer. 
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    Dorothea Lasky on The Shining, writing what you fear, and the ferocity of color.
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