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Nicole Mabry's Past This Point

How My Debut Novel Became My Survival Guide Through The Coronavirus

Suddenly, I was living my novel, it had come to life, and I was smack dab in the middle of it. Read...
Why aren’t the feelings of the woman valid? Shouldn’t she be listening to her body? Her mind? Image: Thinkstock

Stop Making Married Moms Feel Bad About Not Having Sex

While we know adjusting to a new baby can profoundly impact a couple’s life (including sexual intimacy), we, as a society, act like it shouldn’t. We act like there’s something wrong with a new mother needing a time out from sex.

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Image of book and Milly courtesy of Carrie Callaghan.

The Many, Many Lovers Of Milly Bennett

She had too many lovers. Too many lovers, that is, for me to reasonably account for in a 300-page novel covering approximately six years of journalist Milly Bennett’s life. Read...
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How Young Adult Literature Influences Animal Conservation

I believe it's the youth of today who hold the answers for tomorrow. Read...
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My Life Looks Really Successful, So Why Do I Feel Like A Failure?

I have all the markers of success, yet there is a nagging fear that follows me no matter where I go: I feel like a failure waiting to be exposed. Read...
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On Loving And Being Loved During A Pandemic 

We are living in a time when we need to love and be loved now more than ever. Read...
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Blind Fate: An Excerpt From Home Baked

During the ’70s in San Francisco, Alia’s mother ran the underground Sticky Fingers Brownies, delivering upwards of 10,000 illegal marijuana edibles per month throughout the circus-like atmosphere of a city in the throes of major change. Read...
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New Normal

Some mornings when I wake, it takes a few seconds before I remember what happened and how I arrived to the world I’m living in now. Once I do remember, I stare at the ceiling and reist getting out of bed. Read...