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First Person / January/February 2020

How Euchre Healed My Family

December 12, 2019December 18, 2019 - by Jessica Myshrall

We have played through illness, arguments, divorces, and death

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December 2019 / First Person

How to Make the Perfect Popcorn

November 22, 2019December 11, 2019 - by Kevin Sylvester

If you microwave your popcorn, never speak to me again

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A series of black and white yearbook photos of young women, cut into lateral strips and separated so you cannot make out their faces, laid in columns against a white background.

Why I Decided to Join a Class Action Against the Royal Winnipeg Ballet

October 23, 2019October 25, 2019 - by Serena McCarroll

I have been speaking out about alleged misconduct and abuse of power for years. Now seventy other women have added their own voices

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Books / First Person / October 2018

The Cat Who Ate Like A Lion

September 28, 2018November 13, 2019 - by Patti Sonntag

Lessons of love and acceptance from the furriest member of the family

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Illustration of Two Men Yelling at Each Other

I Am the Type of Man Who Gets Into Fist Fights—and Likes It

May 2, 2018November 12, 2019 - by Daemon Fairless

The capacity for violence sometimes makes men feel whole. What are they supposed to do about it?

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Image of a Women in a Hospital Gown Lying Down

March 2018 / Memoir

How I Found My Way After an MS Diagnosis at Twenty-Seven

February 22, 2018August 7, 2019 - by Meredith White

Socrates and Plato helped me realize that charting the future with a chronic disease means embracing ambiguity

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Travel Notes from the New Constellations Tour

December 20, 2017November 27, 2019 - by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

What I learned from playing alongside Lido Pimienta, Elisapie Isaac, July Talk, and others

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