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How to Say Banana in Kiswahili

From: Tongues

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Languages: Kiswahili, English. On language, food, and culture. 7 $0.70 Add
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I Want to Be a Park Dad

From: Send Me Into the Woods Alone

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The essay "I Want to Be a Park Dad." 6 $0.60 Add
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Tantrum Series

Part Two: Body

From: Good Mom on Paper

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Part Two: Body 6 $0.60 Add
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The Island

From: Before I Was a Critic I Was a Human Being

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The author discusses her time visiting Fogo Island in Newfoundland, and reflects on the genocide of the Beothuk people who once lived there. 14 $1.40 Add
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What would Jesus’s Robot Do?

From: Touch Anywhere to Begin

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The essay “What would Jesus’s Robot Do?” reflects on Bill the cowboy, illness, rehabilitation, and death. 12 $1.20 Add

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wihtikow

From: Nitisanak

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BRB B2B: All the Places We Called Home, Then Burned

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BRB B2B: All the Places We Called Home, Then Burned

From: Nitisanak

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Cadenza, or Coda

From: Double Melancholy

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The epilogue summarizes the author’s journey throughout their life. 5 $0.50 Add
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Contours: In Search of Etty Hillesum

Contours

From: The Sunday Book

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Personal essays exploring topics such as the journey through middle-age, anxiety and modern life, aging and loss, confronting the complexities of being a parent in the Anthropocene, living with a … 17 $1.70 Add
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Difficult People

From: Before I Was a Critic I Was a Human Being

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The author discusses the complexities of race, class and colonialsm through her observations of a Toronto art show. 12 $1.20 Add
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Jesus on the Mainline

From: Touch Anywhere to Begin

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The essay “Jesus on the Mainline” reflects on the author’s recovery from a stroke, his time in the hospital, religion, his new roommate Jim and the accident which paralysed him, and their … 15 $1.50 Add
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Making Space

Part Three: Space

From: Good Mom on Paper

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Part Three: Space 7 $0.70 Add
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My Feral Child, My Love

From: Send Me Into the Woods Alone

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The essay "My Feral Child, My Love." 5 $0.50 Add
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Response to empathy from settlers

From: My Conversations with Canadians

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The author discusses how 6 $0.60 Add