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This interview is based on a conversation with tattoo artist Blake Benson, 29, of Tennessee. It has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… I bounced around a lot in my childhood and teenhood, doing stuff I shouldn’t have at a young age, like drinking alcohol.After I was…
In February 2019, at 12:23 and 12:24 p.m., my life changed in an instant. Loading audio narration… On the second night after my twin girls were born, we wanted them to sleep in the room with us. That night was the exact moment when I realized that twin parenthood is…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Brittany Antoinette Wilson. It has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… Since I was a little girl, my dad has been a collector. He started off with comics, meticulously storing them so they wouldn’t suffer wear and tear.…
Most of my life, my dad has worked multiple jobs to provide for his family and give his kids the means to dream big. For me, that largely meant travel. Loading audio narration… With my parents’ unwavering support, I pursued journalism and began traveling for work a few years into…
I sat in a stiff chair next to my 86-year-old dad as a lawyer outlined the complicated rules of Medicaid law. Loading audio narration… My dad furrowed his brow, trying to understand the legal complexities that could mean the difference between being able to leave his home — where he’d…
The image of my father that lives most clearly in my memory is this: a man in a suit, on a train platform, me, a child in my PJs, staring out the windows of our car as my mother picked him up. Loading audio narration… On reflection, I feel really…
For six glorious weeks before our son arrived, I relished the delicious pleasure of total freedom. Loading audio narration… My wife Liv’s maternity leave had begun. Our living room speakers pumped out the groovy soundtrack of her favorite deckbuilding video game, Balatro.I remember the late-winter chill nipping at my cheeks…
