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Object-ives #41: The Little Green Dress

An object, a moment, and the long arc that followed

14 hrs ago • Dhana Musil

The Resurgence of Print Magazines with Geezer Magazine Editor Laura LeBleu

Finders and Keepers Episode 13 - Why Generation X needed its own magazine, Geezer, what sets it apart, the allure of analog, and a discount!

Jun 24 • Open Secrets Magazine, Rachel Kramer Bussel, and Laura LeBleu

1:11:35

How To Know When You’ve Finished a Piece of Writing

On the mystery of time in the creative process

Jun 24 • Blair Glaser

What My Collection of Hospital Socks from Many Failed IVF Cycles Taught Me About Grief and Luck

Saving my hospital socks during infertility was a balm for my grief. They taught me a lesson about how possessions can define us, and what it means when…

Jun 23 • Blake Turck

Who, Exactly, Are You, Dad?

An excerpt from memoir ‘War Boys’ by Jason Prokowiew

Jun 21 • Jason Prokowiew

What untangling four sets of fairy lights revealed about the way my mind now moves through the world

Jun 20 • Kari Burroughs Kraakevik

Object-ives #40: The Linotype Cases I Couldn’t Leave Behind

How a printer’s kid grew up to become a writer because books are in my blood

Jun 19 • Patti M Hall

Divorce, Remarriage, and Collecting Lego Sets with Rob Hart

Finders and Keepers Episode 12 - Thriller author Rob Hart shares what items he kept and discarded during his divorce, merging homes during remarriage…

Jun 18 • Open Secrets Magazine, Rachel Kramer Bussel, and Rob Hart

48:55

What Do I Owe a Father Who Betrayed My Trust?

He stole millions from investors. What he took from me is harder to replace

Jun 18 • Dana DuBois

Cherry Picking Pleasure

Athena Dixon on how imperfection can lead to a sweet life

Jun 17 • Athena Dixon

Why Writer Athena Dixon Collects Black Memorabilia

Finders and Keepers Episode 11 - What a collection of racist artifacts says about our country's past and present, the personal impact of housing these…

Jun 17 • Open Secrets Magazine, Rachel Kramer Bussel, and Athena Dixon

46:43

The Music I Threw Away

I gave up secular music twice as a church girl, but it found its way back to me

Jun 16 • Amena Brown

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