Likeability? That’s for losers. Or so I thought, until I developed an unexplained chronic illness, and winning my doctors' approval became intertwined with my well-being.

The author of River Mumma on the demonization of traditional medicines, cities as characters, and quarter-life crises. 

On this morning, at this place, the prevailing wind is from the west. Given the location of the site, the air we breathe right now will reach the city in an hour or two. When it arrives in the city it will seem like a mystery, an affliction.

The author of People Collide on body swaps, Gender Vertigo, and cruelty as a path to honesty.

The author of Daughter on writing as channeling, emails as gunfire, and emotional math.