Trigger warning: this essay contains mentions of sexual assault, rape, and violence. Two asterisks (**) indicate that the name has been changed to protect the privacy of those mentioned. In 2015, I was studying abroad in Seville, Spain, when I got an email with a subject line starting with “terrible news.” In the proceeding …
Isa never really knew her mother. She was, in fact, separated from her mother as a child after a traumatic event, and they haven’t spoken since then. Isa always thought there would be time to repair the relationship. But then Isa receives a letter from her mother, who explains that if Isa is reading the …
When I was around eleven or twelve, I was old enough to understand the inevitability of death but young enough that I still prayed. I remember telling God that I knew he would someday have to take my grandparents to heaven, but I asked that he please not do so until I was old enough …
The Superlatives is a play about extremes. Considering it’s based on the world’s most famous book of facts, it’s fitting that the play got its start from a fun fact: The people who created the Guinness Book of World Records were identical twins with photographic memories. One of them was assassinated by the Irish …
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It’s time for the U.S. to join other parts of the world in learning that there are six continents, not seven. When you were in school, how many continents did you learn that there are? If you’re American like me, you probably learned that there are seven continents: North America South America Europe Africa Asia …
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My mother-in-law is a physically beautiful, and sometimes emotionally complex woman. I should also mention, she’s not technically my mother-in-law. She’s my boyfriend’s mom. I’m not married. But, in many Spanish speaking countries, the word for mother-in-law, suegra, is used to describe the mother of your …
In 2018, when I was 22-23 years old, I lived and worked in the Galápagos Islands for one year. The islands are a fantasy, and sometimes just hearing a song, seeing a photo, or noticing an accent, can fill me with heartache and nostalgia for the time I spent there. Here, I will outline how …