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Editor’s Note | By ELIZABETH ARMSTRONG MOORE

“My grandpa had it down pat. Neither angry nor dominating, his expression merely stated: My silence means that I am right.”
North Hollywood, California | 1984 | By BRANDON D. CHRISTOPHER

#1: Nursing a Stereotype | By BOOMER SPITZER
#2: Not by the Book | By ALYCE DEVEAU

“I motioned to the paper and smiled at her. The crayon dropped from her hand and rolled off the table.”
Florida | 1995 | By JULIANN WETZ

“Mr. Punch provided the fertile ground from which my everyday fantasies took seed and flourished unashamedly.”
Victoria, Australia | 1974 | By JANE WILLIAMS

#1: Through Her Empty Life | By MILLIE UDERTON
#2: My 350-Pound Sack of Dread | By AMY ARMATIS

“It’s amazing to think that down the street, in the gloomy, high-ceilinged rooms of her house, she’s listening to it too.”
West Newton, Massachusetts | April 1997 | By BLAIR HURLEY

“The first place I woke up next to a woman was in a hotel bed.”
San Jose and Santa Cruz, California | Early 1990s | By KATE EVANS

#1: Sixteen Weeks In | By LAURA FRIES
#2: Full Term | By AMY SWINDLER

“There was a small piece of me that thought he might kill me, now that he knew I’m Jewish.”
London, England | July 24, 2006 | By MARILYN MILLSTONE