Archive - Open Secrets Magazine

Object-ives #48: The Case for Pillows

How my family’s pillowcases carry the threads of our legacy

16 hrs ago • Elizabeth Surlin Gordon

Object-ives #47: White Noise

On bread baking and blow dryers

Aug 14 • Caroline M. Grant

September 2026 Book Club Pick: 'Portrait of a Mestiza' by Marianna Marlowe

Join us October 1 at 8:30 p.m. ET for a live interview with Marianna Marlowe about identity, culture, family, and home

Aug 12 • Open Secrets Magazine and Marianna Marlowe

The Awkward Psychic

I’ve written an entire book on astrology. It’s too bad I’m a little scared of it

Aug 10 • Johanna Gohmann

Volunteering With Dogs Who Die

The honor, the joys, and the grief I share with others

Aug 8 • Emmy Favilla

Object-ives #46: Losing What She Touched

When is a ring more than a ring?

Aug 7 • Naomi Bindman

Having a Drink with My Father

On missed conversations and regret

Aug 4 • Neil Serven

Object-ives #45: Give Me Sorrow, Give Me Grief, and Give Me Gum

How my substitution ritual became a shrine of compulsion and beautiful trash

Aug 2 • Lera Acey

How Pottery Became a Sacred Practice Back to Myself

Post-divorce life in a world on fire

Aug 1 • Leslieann Hobayan

July 2026

It Takes a Village to Live Together as Apartment Neighbors

Athena Dixon on how small acts lead to big connections

Jul 29 • Athena Dixon

Why My Friend’s Reaction to My Bracelet Charm Filled Me with Shame

A tiny charm exposed a lifetime negotiating class, race, and belonging

Jul 27 • Marianna Marlowe

The Performance of Reading

Thoughts from a prolific reader and writer who will never make book content

Jul 25 • Caroline Newton and Caroline Newton

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