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331:"Divorce Papers: One of the Best Christmas Gifts I’ve Ever Received." Washington Post online, Dec. 22, 2016.
337:"I take opioids to treat chronic pain. Stigmatizing them will harm me." The Guardian online, June 22, 2016.
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307:"Between One and Ten Thousand." Another Chicago Magazine, Dec. 10, 2018.
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364:"Breastfeeding Dick Cheney." Creative Nonfiction 43, Fall/Winter 2011.
373:"Employee + Child(ren)." The Washington Post Magazine, Aug. 24, 2008.
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316:"Need and Smoke: Voices on Addiction." The Rumpus, March 26, 2018.
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367:"Prescriptions." Sweet: A Literary Confection 1:2, Spring 2009.
310:"Starbucks and Shipwrecks." Creative Nonfiction, February 2019.
598:"Experiences of Disability: Our Guest Editors in Conversation"
343:"In the Grip of the Sky." Creative Nonfiction 58, Winter 2016.
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515:"What Does It Mean To Live With A Body That Can't Be Fixed?"
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370:"Homage to a Bridge." Fourth Genre 10:2, Fall 2008.
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346:"Life is Good." DIAGRAM 16.2, April 2016.
322:"Dear Bridgeport." Slag Glass City, 2018.
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383:"My Men." Fourth Genre 4:1, Spring 2002.
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