1. Katie Rose Guest Pryal on depression, suicide, and maternal fear and guilt.

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  2. Lucia Peters returns to chill our blood with the curious tale of Ed Kann, and the scariest story maybe never written.

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  3. Nancy Jooyoun Kim reflects on racism and personal history as she tries to find a place to live in a new city.

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  4. Liz Smith should be interviewed every remaining day of her life.

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  5. Link Roundup!

    The Toast presents a selection of delightful information in the form of a link roundup.

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  6. Steve Neumann on his attachment to the sound of certain words and his love of repetition.

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  7. What do we say now that another black man has been murdered by a police officer?

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  8. I have good reasons for being angry but these aren't any of them.

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  9. A few excerpts from the life of a time-traveling woman who doesn't have sex with anyone.

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  10. mensah demary's latest Liner Notes column for The Butter.

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  11. DeDe Jacobs-Komisar on the similarities between Jesus and her Jewish husband.

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  12. Karen W. returns with more on what she's learned from her terrible, horrible, no-good very-bad experience trying to take FMLA.

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  13. "The summer before sixth grade I picked leg braces with bright lilac Velcro, thinking they were pretty, that they matched my favorite shirt."

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  14. Selected scenes from Wolf Hall.

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  15. Link Roundup!

    The Toast presents a selection of delightful information in the form of a link roundup.

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