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Sudden Truths: Writing Flash Memoir and Super-Short Personal Essays

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Can someone please explain Role Model?

Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th”

👉👉 nokings.org

Enrique In 1970s Kansas, a worldly dance teacher brings Patrick Gutierrez closer to who he longs to be.

This super personal essay had been in the works by its author for a long, long time. Now it's out in the universe:

Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets.

• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin

Chip Drop Pam Mandel transforms a 1950s-style lawn into a certified wildlife habitat.

"And I like very much that the ladybugs are f****** in the lupines."

Increasingly I’ve been canceling subscriptions and loading up on prescriptions. If that’s helpful to anyone.

a woman with short hair and red lipstick is standing in a parking lot with cars . ALT: a woman with short hair and red lipstick is standing in a parking lot with cars .

“What’s the government gonna do? Attack us?? Citizens???”

Black folks:
Latinx folks:
Trans folks:

Sincerely And A Little Surly B-boys in the living room, birthday phone calls, and waking up in the morning.

I wrote something.

"These white, lanky B-boys stood still in their Adidas Superstars and tried not to laugh. The backdrop for the breakdancing battle was a mauve and beige living room with portraits of naked ladies painted by my grandmother."

The Lingering Scent of Black Butter Ebonya Lia gets caught in a metaphorical Sephora during an earthquake.

Art, illness, Nina Ricci, “miracle” cleaners, and a grandmother’s love. New story by @ebonyalia.bsky.social at How I Learned magazine.

MAGA: "COVID vaccines killed millions!"

MAGA(also): "Trump deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for the COVID vaccines!"

Tiffany S. (@midwestmagpie) “The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.”― Dorothea Lange Harlem, New York," Leonard Freed, 1963  Self-Portrait, James Barnor, Accra, Ghana, 1957. Panama Canal...

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A Spider Kind Of Woman Avitus B. Carle digs into family lore to find a mysterious aunt — who some folks remember but nobody ever understood.

Mo’Bradie only exists at family reunions. Not on Google. Not on paper. Never captured on film, pressed on the glue-covered page of a broken-spine photo album. Mo’Bradie is a word-of-mouth kind of woman. A “did you hear” or “I heard that she” kind of woman. — @avitusbcarle.bsky.social

Milton Bradley For Beginners It was the perfect winning strategy until the game board flipped and shattered all the pieces.

New essay by Hannah Van Sickle on How I Learned mag.
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Everything is brutal and unrelenting (plus: Monday mood) but just now a Gen X guy on a bike passed by, snaking down the middle of the street, blasting “She Sells Sanctuary” by The Cult. So that was nice.

A Spider Kind Of Woman Avitus B. Carle digs into family lore to find a mysterious aunt — who some folks remember but nobody ever understood.

Over on How I Learned, a new featured essay by @avitusbcarle.bsky.social.

Fight The Trump Takeover Rally · Fight the Trump Takeover The Texas House Democrats are denying quorum to stop the Trump takeover of Texas and block his attempt to rig the 2026 midterm elections. But Trump isn’t stopping in Texas. He’s targeting Missouri, Oh...

You can get in on a “Fight The Trump Takeover Rally” near you. www.mobilize.us/fightthetrum...

So glad you enjoyed it. ♡

The Deep End "When I tell her I met someone at a silent retreat she asks, 'How does that work?'"

New featured essay at How I Learned mag: "The Deep End" by Char Breshgold on finding family and trying to float. open.substack.com/pub/howilear...

Blaise Allysen Kearsley (@blaiseallysen) A story by Michael Barrish (1960-2023), reprinted in How I Learned with love. “I never told a soul I was doing this. And more than once it occurred to me that if I fell and hit my head, I’d rot down...

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Are You There, God? It's Me, Celibate. Jennifer Stewart's West Texas college was known for its commitment to conservatism and its high concentration of STDs.

How I Learned magazine is LIVE and Jennifer Stewart has a few things to say to you. Come in, come in, and subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/howilear...

Why Mr. Bauer Didn’t Like Me As a child, Blaise Allysen Kearsley tried, in vain, to win over a white friend’s father.

Thank you @saribotton.bsky.social.
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Wrestling with Revisions: 1-day intensive, July 1st, 6:30-8:30pm ET. Come through.
**This is open to ALL writers even though the image says CNF.**
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In New York where I receive state-funded healthcare, this will result in over 51,000 totally preventable deaths. 5calls.org/issue/medica...

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3 DAYS LEFT to submit your best story to the How I Learned Series Magazine, launching this summer on Pedro Pascal’s internet. Tell a friend.

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“Why do they allow minorities to keep walking to and from grocery stores?” asked local resident George Zimmerman, 41.

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I want it to be the underwater one.

Today I couldn’t remember the word “conflated” and yesterday I couldn’t remember what the DeBarge family’s band is called. It’s DeBarge.