Preserving Us
History keeps dates. Facts. The birth, the border crossed, the property bought or sold, the diagnosis, the death. It has never kept…
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Already an Archivist
“It’s just a hobby.” She utters the word by default. Someone notices the paintings stacked in the corner, the photographs pinned to…
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For No One: Preserving a Life Without Performance
The camera comes out even before the feeling does. Before grief has settled into the body, it is already a caption. Before…
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Before She Fades
She is still here. You can find her if you search. The woman you were six months ago, a year ago, before…
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Already an Archive: On what belongs in the record
There is a box somewhere in most women’s lives. Sometimes it’s an actual cardboard box, pushed to the back of a closet,…
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How to Begin: Writing When the Story Still Hurts
There is a moment before the words come. It is quiet, but not peaceful. It is the moment when your body remembers…
