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Topic: personal essay

Fog shrouds the skyline of lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center as the sun rises in New York City as a person runs past the Empty Sky 9/11 Memorial on September 11, 2023, in Jersey City, New Jersey. (Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)

Sharing my 9/11 story changed me

Gabriella Ferrigine
Paul and Micah on "Love Is Blind" (Netflix)

Therapists analyze "Love is Blind"

Nicole Karlis
Almond milk ricotta toast (Ashlie Stevens)

My 5-day "weekday vegan" food diary

Ashlie D. Stevens
White cup of coffee on old wooden table (Getty Images/Strannik_fox)

For the love of good coffee

Ashlie D. Stevens
Group of friends having a meal together (Getty Images/Alexander Spatari)

I grieve for communal food experiences

Ashlie D. Stevens
Michaela Coel in "I May Destroy You" (HBO)

"Destroy You" helps to shatter my shame

Meaghan Mulholland
The University of Minnesota campus was mostly deserted Tuesday afternoon, April 21, 2020. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via Getty Images)

Welcome to the kingdom of the sick

Cynthia Ryan
Dancers (Getty/best-photo)

The last time I danced

Rachel Leah
Firefighters place the body of a third victim of the Greenwich Village townhouse explosion on a cart at New York's Bellevue Hospital, March 14, 1970. (AP Photo/TC)

The fire angels of Avenue B

Lucian K. Truscott IV
(Getty/Photo Montage by Salon)

Aliens at the dinner table

Keith A. Spencer
(Rodger Grossman @rodgergrossman)

Here's a LA cantina worth traveling for

Samantha Gillison
(Getty/Photo Montage by Salon)

Aliens at the dinner table

Keith A. Spencer

My $7,500 kombucha addiction

Amanda Medress
James Brown, pictured in 1971 (Getty Images)

Tracking down the Godfather of Soul

Lucian K. Truscott IV
(Getty/Shutterstock/Salon)

Gangland cuisine in NYC back in the day

Lucian K. Truscott IV
(Shutterstock/Salon)

Los Angeles vs Abu Dhabi

Bex B
(Salon/Flora Thevoux)

Brave face meets an open heart

Amy Bee
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-619591p1.html'>Curioso</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Salon)

Immigrants and democracy

Sayu Bhojwani
Fred Trump; Donald Trump (AP/New York Military Academy)

Trump had a bad dad, too

Lucian K. Truscott IV
(Courtesy of the Author)

slavery in the family

Lucian K. Truscott IV
(Getty/Shutterstock/Salon)

Trailing spouse

Bex B
(Getty/Salon)

Outdoors has limited appeal

Bex B
(Salon/Flora Thevoux)

The personal aftermath of rape

Maegan Carberry
(AP/Wayne Parry)

Do bad times make great art?

Linda Kulman
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