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A parable of taking up space and of ceding ground
Louise Julig
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December 2022

Reading Women and Other Monsters is like realizing the pattern on the wall you’ve seen for years is really a door.
Louise Julig
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November 2022

The subversive joy of dressing entirely for oneself
Louise Julig
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October 2022

Pair a stunning literary debut with YA speculative fiction, both by indigenous authors, and what do you get?
Louise Julig

September 2022

Nobody is pro-abortion, right? Except lately I realized maybe I am. Why clarifying my thinking feels scary but so friggin' good.
Louise Julig
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August 2022

The fall of Roe v. Wade hit me even harder than I was expecting, with so many feelings, and in such a wide variety and magnitude it was hard to function…
Louise Julig
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June 2022

Braving the Fire Revisited RecordingListen now (70 min) | A conversation with author Jessica Handler
Louise Julig

May 2022

Give yourself permission to put the great losses of your life into words — “Writing about truly painful subjects like death, illness, divorce, war …
Louise Julig
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April 2022

As a kid, I craved certainty — a trait that was reinforced by my religious upbringing
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March 2022

And five short practices that can help
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February 2022

Do you consider acting heroic? What about singing? Playing guitar? Writing poems?
Louise Julig
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December 2021

I heard Kay call me from the next room. “Umm, can you come here please? There’s a big spider in the kitchen …”
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