Dear Aimee Nezhukumatathil,
As a kid, I had an unfounded obsession with the ocean. It was a strange fascination, considering we lived in Muncie, Indiana—447...
Dear Ms. Rekdal,
Thank you for the intellectual sensitivity with which you probe the question of cultural appropriation in Appropriate. It’s incredibly easy for me,...
Dear Melissa,
Early in 2020, I truly committed to being alone. I had recently accepted and embraced my queerness after spending the previous decade in...
Dear Phyllis Klein,
In the past I participated in Model United Nations (MUN), a debate team where participants represented a country in a mock debate...
Dear Patrick Madden,
You have written a collection of essays so enjoyable that, instead of relegating it to my nightstand for evening reading, I carried...
Dear Maxima Kahn,
When wildfire smoke strangled the end of summer in a chokehold, shuttered my windows, and silenced the birds, I read your collection...
