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Libraries Kept Me Safe When the World Did Not

Libraries Kept Me Safe When the World Did Not

“Where do you find a place where books and culture are prioritized, but you have no money and smell like Alabama roadkill? The public library.”

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Live Through It

Live Through It

An essay on how the right words at the right moment can save your life, over and over again

Depression

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What It's Like to Be Afraid

What It's Like to Be Afraid

Our next prompt is about your fears--deep, dark, or all that and more.

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Just Look at the View

Just Look at the View

An essay on dumb fear.

Fear

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Via Chicago Fire

Via Chicago Fire

Adult Child adventures through caretaking and depression.

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Hope Is Another Word for Trust

Hope Is Another Word for Trust

Our readers tell us about calling 9-8-8.

Depression

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How Many People Never Thought You'd Change?

How Many People Never Thought You'd Change?

Eight years of The Small Bow. Plus: ADDERALL! New pod with Yassir Lester on the Family Disease. New tunes, Pema on PAIN, the best poem for whatever you're moving through.

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What Is It Like to Have Food Run Your Life?

What Is It Like to Have Food Run Your Life?

An essay and prompt about Food Issues

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Eulogy: James Gandolfini

Eulogy: James Gandolfini

“He’s drinking more, not just some rowdy nights but something closer to gone, way out there, disappearing for longer and longer.”

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Nothing Is Wrong and Everything Is Wrong

Nothing Is Wrong and Everything Is Wrong

It’s August, and TSB has a touch of reverse seasonal depression.

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How to Not be Anonymous

How to Not be Anonymous

Do you get kicked out of A.A. if you break your anonymity in the New Yorker?

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