In 2009, my older brother nearly ruined It’s A Wonderful Life for me on the patio of my first college apartment. I had watched the film that night with a…
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There’s a “Treehouse of Horror” Simpsons episode in which Bart has an evil twin. Bart and Lisa hear strange noises upstairs one night, and ask Homer whether there’s something in…
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Last June, I was reading Linda Pastan’s The Five States of Grief and also moving to California. I feel like the two things are deeply intertwined, and I wonder if…
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When I was about 15, I got hooked on some weird documentary show, which I think aired on Fox, that covered medical mysteries. Episodes were broken down into 15-minute segments…
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Dear Carrie, Five months after we met, I watched The Hours for an introductory English course. This course was taught by a predictably so-so adjunct instructor with flaky skin and…
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When I think about sentimentality, I think about two things – the Stewarts, as in Jon and Tracey, and Tony Soprano. This is an odd collection of people, and it…
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Sometimes, when re-reading books from my personal library, I come across the margin note, “SPACE WHALES.” It is always written in capital letters and the writing is always manic. I…
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Last year, film critics universally lauded Inside Out for its raw depiction of childhood unhappiness, a subject often glossed over in popular media. While I applauded the film for this…
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First, an anecdote- My friend Jon moved to Australia at the beginning of 2014 to get a master’s degree. In early spring of that year, at his university’s orientation, he…