My Crippling Self Doubt

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Go with Satan
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Does This Still Count as Depression?
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I Think I’m Ready to Talk About This
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Just to Look
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Reckoning
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Goodbyes
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Dear Andrea
An excerpt from Andrea Gibson’s poem: “Angels of the Get-Through.”
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Prayer
When I heard the news that the Big, Ugly Bill had passed, I left the house and got into my car.
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Sewing and Resistance
I haven’t been able to write much for the past couple of weeks. I haven’t wanted to write, really. I haven’t wanted to sit in my vulnerability. As my…
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Reckoning, Part 3
It is bewildering to think that you understand the narrative of your existence and then discover that there are a couple of major details that you…
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Reckoning, Part 2
I wish I had something else to write about but the truth is, I can only think about the fact that I was assaulted years ago.
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Reckoning
Taken on the night of one of parties I attended in grad school.
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Not Just a Tool
I just finished playing a classical gig this past weekend which means I was able to get a dose of the repertoire that I find myself missing as well as…
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My Crippling Self Doubt
My Crippling Self Doubt
I write essays and occasionally poems about what interests me, haunts me, or pisses me off. The list is long. I don’t niche down.
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