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Readers Write

Bread

A family recipe, a childhood memory, a Depression-era handout

By Our Readers August 2021
Readers Write

Summer Jobs

Waiting tables, dyeing textiles, separating goats in heat

By Our Readers July 2021
Readers Write

The Woods

As a refuge, as a threat, as a place to live

By Our Readers June 2021
Readers Write

Getting Started

After graduation, after a divorce, after an election

By Our Readers May 2021
Readers Write

Ghosts

On the phone, at a gas station, in our dreams

By Our Readers April 2021
Readers Write

Fighting Back

With fists, with words, with kindness

By Our Readers March 2021
Readers Write

Mail

A stolen letter, a posthumous package, a Christmas card from a stranger

By Our Readers February 2021
Readers Write

Consequences

A hasty purchase, a starvation diet, an unwanted pregnancy

By Our Readers January 2021
Readers Write

Distance

A trip to the Antarctic, a 500-mile pilgrimage, a two-hour bus ride

By Our Readers December 2020
Readers Write

Holidays

Chinese New Year in Philadelphia, Thanksgiving in Mexico, Passover in prison

By Our Readers November 2020