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I’d thought dating would make me feel less grief, but it was the opposite. I decided to delete my Match.com account and learn to masturbate. I had enough sadness in my own life.
By Beth AlvaradoJuly 2020When James is high, he is at his most affectionate. He becomes generous with hugs. He kisses my face all over, eyelids and all. I am ashamed that I like this about his addiction.
By Janelle GrecoJuly 2020I hand my wife the bag, and she finds the two packs of wet wipes. It is the happiest I’ve made her in weeks.
By Kristopher JansmaJuly 2020With the coronavirus we have another interesting issue: how we eat wildlife. Ecologists and conservationists have been saying for fifty years that we shouldn’t be eating everything on the planet.
By Mark LevitonJuly 2020Dear Ross: How can you miss on purpose? If I’m late getting back on defense, you’ll bounce the ball off the bottom of the rim and catch the “rebound” for a point. Alone under the basket. Missing.
Dear Noah: Bouncing the ball off the bottom of the rim is, as you say, a poorly missed shot, but also a perfectly missed one, because it results in a point in our game, which means it’s a way for me to stay on the court. If there were a way I could stay on the court without cheating — without those perfectly, beautifully missed shots — believe me, I would do it.
By Noah Davis, Ross GayJune 2020My friend possessed the inclination and the ability to turn her experience of the world into a language that insisted on delighting in itself.
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