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Life Stories

"Under Red Skies: Three Generations of Life, Loss, and Hope in China" by Karoline Kan (Hachette Books)

"Better not become a leftover woman"

Karoline Kan
(Getty/SrdjanPav)

How I became an adventurous woman

Jen Corrigan
"Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family" by Mitchell Jackson (Scribner/John Ricard)

Mitchell Jackson on his "Survival Math"

Rachel Leah
Women's rights marchers parade down Fifth Avenue in New York in part of a nationwide day of demonstrations for the women's liberation movement, 1970. (AP Photo)

Screw the sisterhood!

Meredith Maran
(Getty/PeopleImages)

40 years ago, I fled South America

Karen Keilt
Ricky Simon punches Rani Yahya during their Bantamweight bout during UFC234 on February 10, 2019 in Melbourne, Australia. (Getty/Quinn Rooney)

Facing 40 and stepping into the MMA ring

Matthew Rozsa
The California Compassionate Care Network (CCCN) marijuana dispensary's grow operation is one of the stops on the cannabis tour organized by L.A.-based Green Tours, January 24, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Getty/Robyn Beck)

The complexities of cannabis

Christy Stillwell
emergency personnel work at the scene of a deadly train derailment in Philadelphia, May 13, 2015. (AP/Patrick Semansky)

Healing for two and parenting with PTSD

Jessica Baen
(Getty/Luke_Franzen)

When Valentine's Day means 15 to life

Anthony Papa
(Getty/PeopleImages)

Open adoption reunion

Vanessa McGrady
(Getty/Salon)

The safety of my unrequited loves

Elizabeth Ellen
"Don't Let Me Down: A Memoir" by Erin Hosier (Atria Books//Andrew Joseph Segreti)

"You feel thrown to the wolves"

Erin Keane

Men aren't riddles for women to solve

Reema Zaman
Heights neighborhood of Jersey City, NJ (AP/Julio Cortez)

I left my heart in Jersey City

Mary Elizabeth Williams
"I Used to Be a Miserable F*ck: An Everyman's Guide to a Meaningful Life" by John Kim (Harper Collins)

Men: We don't have to be miserable jerks

John Kim
(Getty/electravk)

I blame myself for my son's overdose

Christina Hughes Babb
"Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive" by Stephanie Land (Hachette Books/Nicol Biesek)

"There's no way to save up money"

Erin Keane
(Kayla Jean)

How I wrote a song with Bob Dylan

Trapper Schoepp
Portrait of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (AP/David Goldman)

Coming around on MLK, thanks to Grandma

D. Watkins
"Duped: Double Lives, False Identities, and the Con Man I Almost Married" by Abby Ellin (Aaron Fedor/PublicAffairs)

Swept off her feet by a con artist

Mary Elizabeth Williams
(Getty/LisaValder)

There's life after social media

Mary Elizabeth Williams
(Getty/Barcin)

Weight loss: Not just how, but why

Erin Keane
Author at Disneyland (Courtesy of author)

Disneyland with my invisible guest

Tabitha Blankenbiller
(Getty/humonia)

A skeptic's year of consulting psychics

Erin Keane
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