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Ithaca
Launched on a path now in the middle of upstate New York, I understand my beliefs less well than ever. I run up and down the many hills here wondering…
Dec 12, 2023
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Donna Minkowitz
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Youthful
I can remember being “youthful” as long as I can remember. This is not quite true – in my 20s, I was aged, a warhorse, people kept calling me a…
Dec 11, 2023
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Donna Minkowitz
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November 2023
Pinkass Poem
You sit in my kitchen and talk about clearing my shit away,/ my holes and pinkass habits/ as a two-month old, and now./ My body freezes and softens at…
Nov 6, 2023
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Donna Minkowitz
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October 2023
A Little Break
Dear friends, I can’t tell you how much I appreciate all your support of Rough Tongue. I’m taking a hiatus for now to give me some mental room for…
Oct 31, 2023
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Donna Minkowitz
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September 2023
On Memoir Writing, Privacy, and Truth-telling
Or, How I Became a (Slightly) More Private Person
Sep 23, 2023
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Donna Minkowitz
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August 2023
My Gender
Scenes from a Gender-Varied Life
Aug 16, 2023
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Donna Minkowitz
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July 2023
Love Anniversary
I never thought I would be lucky in love. When I was nine, it's true, I imagined someone — a man with long hair, sitting under an oak tree —looking…
Jul 17, 2023
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Donna Minkowitz
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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…
Jun 28, 2023
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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…
Jun 15, 2023
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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…
Jun 12, 2023
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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…
Jun 2, 2023
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Donna Minkowitz
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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…
May 29, 2023
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Donna Minkowitz
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