I’m not sure which is the harder pain: a doctor out of ideas saying, “Maybe lymphoma?” Searching an ultrasound screen to see...
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“I didn’t feel black until I came to America.” Out of all the true, surprising, maddening quotes in Americanah, this is the...
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For everyone whose Christmas holds both joy and pain, who celebrates with sadness on the edges, and for whom the waiting and wanting is...
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This soul is 28 and tired. Already. Everybody wonders, What if the worst happens to me? Will I survive it? The worst hasn’t happened to...
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Do not resent your place in the story. Do not imagine yourself elsewhere. Do not close your eyes and picture a world without thorns, without...
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Several months ago, Brad and I sat side by side at our dining table. We ate eggs and spinach as he said, “I think I’m losing weight...
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