1. The author on her experiences as an immigrant and how she must navigate her identity amid prejudice.

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  2. That pretty much covers it.

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  3. Kelly Davio writes about the need for awareness and empathy in her latest Waiting Room column for The Butter.

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  4. The author hears about ecstatic dance and decides to give it a whirl.

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  5. Party Bus

    "This is a story about a bus ride on a Saturday night just before sundown. Things get intense."

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  6. Link Roundup!

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

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  7. There are a lot of pious women praying to God in Western art history, and they are absolutely furious about it.

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  8. What could better accompany the poetry of T.S. Eliot than two robots gracefully wielding katanas?

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  9. Ethan Frome is a book that's sort of about Yankee repression but mostly about sledding.

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  10. "What I have to work against is not external negativity that was at some point thrust upon me. What I have to work against is myself."

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  11. Teen Angels was a short-lived book series about teen angels. These are their stories.

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  12. Sarah Miller on the delicious charms of betting on March Madness for the first time.

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