“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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An essay on how the right words at the right moment can save your life, over and over again
Depression
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Our next prompt is about your fears--deep, dark, or all that and more.
An essay on dumb fear.
Fear
Adult Child adventures through caretaking and depression.
Our readers tell us about calling 9-8-8.
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.
An essay and prompt about Food Issues
“He’s drinking more, not just some rowdy nights but something closer to gone, way out there, disappearing for longer and longer.”
It’s August, and TSB has a touch of reverse seasonal depression.
Do you get kicked out of A.A. if you break your anonymity in the New Yorker?