For this week’s Sunday’s List we asked Entropy contributors: What’s the last book you loved? Candrice Jones Mourner’s Bench by Sanderia Faye Bud Smith Sonora by Hannah Lillith Assadi Joanna…
Sara Finnerty
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This post contains major spoilers for the film Arrival. Please don’t read if you plan to see the movie. I hadn’t planned on watching Arrival, but recently Shaun King…
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We had a thick patchwork quilt that my grandmother made for my parents’ wedding. My mother and I hid inside the quilt once during a storm. I thought the thunder…
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I was nineteen or twenty, walking to the train, and saw a mother and father, each with a child in a bike seat behind them. I wondered if I would…
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The other day, I was driving to work and listening to Arcade Fire in the car and I started to cry. I sat in the parking lot and tried to…
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I live in Los Angeles, land of sunshine and blue sky. As I write this, though, the sky is overcast with variations of grey. Throughout the day dark clouds move…
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I have a scar on my cheek from clawing at my chicken pox when I knew I shouldn’t, scars on my legs and knees from not paying attention when I…
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This week, we asked Entropy contributors about the first CD they ever purchased. I remember my first two CD’s very clearly– Billy Joel’s Greatest Hits (why???) and the soundtrack to…
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Creative Nonfiction / EssayList
Sunday List: Recurring Dreams and Nightmares
by Sara Finnerty January 24, 2016I’ve heard that no one ever wants to hear about other people’s dreams, but I have long been fascinated by what happens in our brains after we fall asleep. This…
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Creative Nonfiction / EssayList
Sunday List: Memories and Bowie Songs
by Sara Finnerty January 17, 2016There has been an overwhelming amount of grief, love and sadness on social media over David Bowie’s death. I immediately thought of all my favorite Bowie songs and the memories…
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Last week, my husband, baby and I flew back east because there was a death in the family. My husband and I wrote the eulogy. We ended up speaking to…
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When I was growing up, before Thanksgiving dinner my mother forced everyone to go around the table and say what they were thankful for. Outwardly I rolled my eyes and…
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Recently, I’ve been reading Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan series. The books keep me up at night and make me feel like a teenager again, desperate to know what happens next. My…
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I recently saw Brian Doyle give an uplifting, sermon-like keynote speech. He gave advice for what we should do when we can no longer stand the injustice and violence of the…