I’m terrified of the cicada onslaught
The coming swarm of beady-eyed creatures has me paralyzed with fear -- and revisiting the terror of an abusive past
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Laura Bogart
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My best relationship is with my dog
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Curse of my birthing hips
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So much for “family values”
I grew up in the kind of traditional, two-person home that the Republicans glorify. And it was hell
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Laura Bogart's work has been published in various journals and she is a regular contributor to The Nervous Breakdown. She is currently at work on a novel.
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