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“The wild velocity of motherhood, an enforced momentum forbidding contemplation.” —Sarah Manguso
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Palestine & the Persistence of Childhood Innocence
on Palestine and the boundary between a genuine shielding our children from the brutality of the world and the reproduction of the myth of innocence
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Magdalena O!
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Do something to my body, react to it.
on my daughter's milk habit.
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Magdalena O!
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In New York, everything fits: on being published while travelling
I know it must be because I am a tourist, entering and leaving when I want to, and never needing to fit myself into the city's difficulties --- but New…
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Magdalena O!
Window Water Baby Moving: On Memories of Childbirth
I love that my body was able to rupture the corporeal boundaries I have in everyday life. I’m not a risk taker, I’m afraid of heights, but the…
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Magdalena O!
Parenting Up in Smoke
How can something that enlivens our senses be that acutely dangerous? We laugh because of course most threats of the world operate in exactly this way.
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Talking about writing in bathrooms
On my first book club meet & how my children will perceive being written about
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Magdalena O!
The Mother as Anchor for Play
I will be getting back to more regular posting of minor gestures. I've gone back to work part time since almost 2 years & have been figuring out my new…
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Near to The Wild Heart
Near to The Wild Heart
Weekly-ish writing at the intersection of philosophy, motherhood, art, and desire.
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