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Topics I Suggested to My Daughter for Her Common App Personal Statement

[In response to prompt #8, aka “Just write the damn thing.”]

Oct 7

Topics I Suggested to My Daughter for Her Common App Personal Statement

Oct 7

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Welcome to Bones Road

Ageless Beauty Products for the Aged

Dec 14, 2023

Welcome to Bones Road

Dec 14, 2023

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Welcome to NYC High School Admissions 2024–2025

Let the games begin!

Mar 4

Welcome to NYC High School Admissions 2024–2025

Mar 4

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50 Solid Reasons To Reschedule Your Colonoscopy

1. Clearly, there’s been some mistake because there’s no way in hell you’re fifty.

Feb 19

50 Solid Reasons To Reschedule Your Colonoscopy

Feb 19

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Bedside Notebook Scribblings of New York Times Connections Editor Wyna Liu

Cash. Carson. Depp. But two of those are not words?

Jan 23

Bedside Notebook Scribblings of New York Times Connections Editor Wyna Liu

Jan 23

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How Long Must We Sing This Song?

Sometimes going out to hear the old hits just makes you feel old.

Dec 20, 2023

How Long Must We Sing This Song?

Dec 20, 2023

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I Am Your New Favorite Sweater and I Need You To Change

Listen. I get it. You like me. You really, really like me. I’ve heard you tell the story a few times now, about how you saw an acquaintance…

Dec 18, 2023

I Am Your New Favorite Sweater and I Need You To Change

Dec 18, 2023

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We Have No Words

They brought us home to homes they barely left. They wanted to play all day. They wanted to snuggle all night. They wanted something new…

Mar 12, 2021

We Have No Words

Mar 12, 2021

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Holy Rollers

An essay about Christmas at Foxwoods. From January 2002, when I was still Tara McCarthy. Originally published on Killing the Buddha.

Dec 23, 2020

Holy Rollers

Dec 23, 2020

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Soundproof Your Life

A short story. Previously published in One Teen Story magazine.

Dec 21, 2020

Soundproof Your Life

Dec 21, 2020

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TaraAltebrando

Author of The Leaving, Take Me With You, and more. Creator of the Dream Breachers podcast on Pinna. Also formerly Tara McCarthy.

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