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“I Don’t Want a Bigoted Friend”
Dear Sibyl, A college friend of mine has an attitude problem when it comes to race. We met 12 years ago and lost touch a year into our studies when our programs diverged. At that point she had already...
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A Colombian vignette
For the rest of Roxanne’s dispatches from Colombia, you can wander over here to visit her field notes. I am sitting alone. This has become a recurrent motif of my time here: girl in coffee shop, pen in...
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Assateague
I awoke suddenly, to find my vision held by a girl with a choppy, asymmetrical haircut, one I’d given her the previous week before our band’s first show. Her eyes were wild as she told me, “We’re...
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The Youest You
Dear Sibyl, I’m pretty good at a number of things, but I don’t have a special skill, talent, or hobby that I can really call my own. When it comes to my education and career path, I’ve managed to...
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Choosing Simplicity (When Applicable)
As the summer winds down, a funny thing has happened for the two of us. For as long as I can remember, the academic calendar has provided the framework for my sense of time. The year was a double...
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A love letter to Colombia, Part I
Previously: Return | Firsts | Memory | Solitude | Nostalgia | Graffiti | Needs | Narratives | Trauma There are those moments on the Avenida Circunvalar when the clouds lift momentarily and the whole...
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A love letter to Colombia, Part II
Previously: Return | Firsts | Memory | Solitude | Nostalgia | Graffiti | Needs | Narratives | Trauma | A love letter to Columbia, Part I Literally translated: little dolls of milk. Colombia can be a...
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A love letter to Colombia, Part III
Previously: Return | Firsts | Memory | Solitude | Nostalgia | Graffiti | Needs | Narratives | Trauma | A love letter to Columbia, Part I | A love letter to Columbia, Part II The intersecting...
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A love letter to Colombia, Part IV
Previously: Return | Firsts | Memory | Solitude | Nostalgia | Graffiti | Needs | Narratives | Trauma | A love letter to Columbia, Part I | A love letter to Columbia, Part II Cartagena: a place for...
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An Unknown Strength
There are many different kinds of strength. There’s the kind of strength that lets you lift barbells. The strength that leads you to serve or work to protect others. There’s a kind of strength that...
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