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Tag: Identity

August 4, 2025

Skeletons in the Closet

Tags: analysis Haunted Houses Identity Literature Memory Trauma and Recovery

Six literary haunted houses to visit this October
August 4, 2025

The Greatest Game Ever Played Behind Barbed Wire

Tags: Community Culture History Identity Sports Wars

Imprisoned in a WWII internment camp, these Japanese-American teens held tight to their love for America’s pastime—building a diamond in the desert, and fielding a championship team for the ages.
August 4, 2025

Horse racing and erotica: How I survived the fickle world of freelance writing

Tags: Identity Society storytelling Survival Stories Work Stories Writing

Gabrielle Drolet had always dreamed of being a writer. But when disability closed down most of her opportunities, a strange career began
August 4, 2025

The story of Malcolm X

Tags: Biography Black Identity Identity Justice Race

Alex Haley co-wrote The Autobiography of Malcolm X but Haley left out some profound elements of Malcolm’s political thought
August 4, 2025

Why I Broke Up with New York

Tags: Identity Mental Health Modern Life Opinion Self-Discovery Journey

Most people accept the city’s chaos as a toll for an expansive life. It took me several decades to realize that I could go my own way.
August 3, 2025

My First Husband

Tags: Family Identity Love Marriage Memoir Relationships Self-Discovery Journey
August 3, 2025

On Bonnie Blue and Roger Scruton We have stripped sex of enchantment

Tags: Commentary Culture Identity Opinion Philosophy Relationships Sexuality Society
August 3, 2025

What Your Favorite Dance Music Says About You

Tags: Art and Culture Dance Identity Music

results from the danceable music survey
August 3, 2025

The Poison That Tastes Like Home

Tags: Diaspora Essay Family food Identity Memory

On a mother’s consuming love
August 2, 2025

How to make the hardest choices of your life

Tags: Adulthood Decision-making Identity

From picking a career to picking a spouse, one radical philosophical idea will guide you.