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ELLI SHELLIST I suppose it’s appropriate to write here that the editor who invited me to write here is a former student, who I met when she was a fresh-faced…

MEGAN DOMINY “Are you getting any sleep?” asked my dental hygienist upon learning that I had an 18 month old. “Lately, she’s been sleeping through the night.” I replied. “That’s…

NORA ROSENGARTEN & SWEDIAN LIE Polyamory is often defined as the act — or what Merriam-Webster calls “a state or practice” — of actively juggling more than one intimate relationship at a time, in…

HOLLY ORMSETH A theory I’ve been shopping around with my friends lately is that being on acid is like being a baby. Everything is new. Hands are fascinating. The basic…

NATALIE GALLAGHER In this issue, we talk to Meghan Salomon-Amend, a psychology graduate student at Northwestern, about her work on people’s difficulty in predicting future events, optimism, and the future…

T. CHASE MEACHAM Son, I think we need to talk. It’s been such a joy to watch you grow up, but I’ve been chatting with some folks around town and…

In this issue, we explore the events & rituals of significant transition in the process of growing up, whether that’s childhood to adulthood and/or during other life-changing performative moments, such…

KELLEY KIDD In this issue we talk to Deb Sivigny, a theatre designer and artist as well as creator of Hello, My Name Is…, an immersive “seven-room living installation” set inside…

CALEB LEWIS It’s All Downhill From Here Simone Biles was glorious! Wasn’t she? Really think back to it. And if you weren’t watching her in the 2016 Olympics in Rio…

DOUG LEVANDOWSKI & JR HONEYCUTT Doug just had a daughter in December, and she already loves games. Her current favorite is laying on her activity mat, which has various plastic…