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On Memoir Writing, Privacy, and Truth-telling
Or, How I Became a (Slightly) More Private Person
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Donna Minkowitz
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August 2023
My Gender
Scenes from a Gender-Varied Life
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Donna Minkowitz
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Greetings, Rough Tongues
Hey, Rough Tongue friends! I know I have not been keeping to my usual biweekly publication schedule. Thanks for bearing with me — I am working on a long…
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Donna Minkowitz
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July 2023
June 2023
My Daddy, Crying
"I cried when I saw you marching in, because I knew you weren't a baby anymore." My father wrote this in my high school yearbook on the day I graduated…
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Donna Minkowitz
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No, Don't Platform Fascist Poets
Over at Becky Tuch's Lit Mag News, a curious conversation is going on about whether it's permissible for a publisher to refuse to publish an author (or…
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Donna Minkowitz
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Scary Sister
I've been wanting to tell you about my sister. When I was five, X and I would play with our Barbie and Ken dolls on the big wooden dining room table. We…
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Donna Minkowitz
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The Place
Content warning: violence. My whole life, I've been coming back to this room. I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE, I don't want to be here. I lie down and sniff the…
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Donna Minkowitz
May 2023
Sadness Gets Its Foot in the Door
Today's a good day to talk about sadness. ("Oh no!" you're saying. "There's enough freaking sadness in the newspaper.") But yes, sadness has been a…
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Donna Minkowitz
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The Racist Right Looks Left
White Supremacists Discover Anti-Capitalism
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Donna Minkowitz
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I Am Not A Brand
And I'm Pretty Sure You're Not, Either
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Donna Minkowitz
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April 2023
Sigh… Yes, I'm Prediabetic
But I Still Fuckin' Champion Appetite and Desire
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Donna Minkowitz
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