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Edgar Gomez Interview on Writing Memoir in Essays ‘Alligator Tears’

Edgar Gomez discusses his writing process, writing about class, queerness, and Latinx identity, writing as therapy, and including friends and family in…

21 hrs ago • Open Secrets Magazine

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Writing Honestly About Suicidal Ideation: An Interview with Arianna Rebolini, author of Better

Arianna Rebolini, author of ‘Better: A Memoir About Wanting to Die,’ discusses her approach to writing about mental health, family, and exploring…

22 hrs ago • Open Secrets Magazine and Arianna Rebolini

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How 90s Pop Culture Influenced Jess H. Gutierrez, author of ‘Adulting for Amateurs’

Jess H. Gutierrez on aging as an elder millennial, writing humorous essays, what she will and won’t share about her family, and why she prefers Substack…

23 hrs ago • Open Secrets Magazine and Jess H. Gutierrez

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Interview with Marianna Marlowe, author of ‘Portrait of a Mestiza: A Life Between Cultures’

Author Marianna Marlowe on why she switched from academia to essay writing, sharing her life on the page, using a pen name, and publishing with a hybrid…

24 hrs ago • Open Secrets Magazine and Marianna Marlowe

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Object-ives #55: Theseus Ship

How a cross isn’t a cross, and how moving forward doesn’t mean never looking back

Oct 9 • Liz Abeling

Event Alert: Show and Tell on Zoom October 28!

Join us to share your favorite possessions and hear from others about theirs

Oct 8 • Open Secrets Magazine

November 2026 Book Club Pick: ‘War Boys: A Father and Son Memoir’ by Jason Prokowiew

Join us November 12 at 8 p.m. ET for a live interview with Jason Prokowiew about the lifelong impact of war on families

Oct 6 • Open Secrets Magazine, Jason Prokowiew, and TrioHousePress

Every Mammogram Is a Dress Rehearsal

My mom’s diagnosis taught me to anticipate my own

Oct 5 • Aisha Hallman

Hand Over Mouth

How surfing helped me make peace with my body that figure skating taught me to change

Oct 3 • Amanda Blackwell

Object-ives #54: Left Holding All the Marbles

A collection of my family history

Oct 2 • Michele Peters

September 2026

Rooms like Train Cars

On the ache and grief of shared custody

Sep 28 • Julia Cohen

Game of Anger and Speech

Cryptic crosswords deepened my bond with my father, but how would they survive his stroke?

Sep 26 • Gargi Mehra

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