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Parenting
fromSlate Magazine
11 hours ago

I Fantasized About Life as a Single Mom. I Never Saw My Hardest Challenge Coming.

Early single parenthood often brings isolation, public scrutiny, and emotionally painful first holidays spent apart from a child, though adjustment and improvement can follow.
Writing
fromThe New Yorker
2 months ago

"Amarillo Boulevard," by David Wright Falade

A Juneteenth backyard reunion reveals family dynamics, cultural ritual, and Jean's discomfort as her fiancé navigates intense scrutiny in an unchanged, symbol-laden home.
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