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Kim Brooks

Kim Brooks’ novel, “The Houseguest,” is now available from Counterpoint Press in April. Her website is http://www.kabrooks.com/. You can follow her on Twitter @KA_Brooks.

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I fall for strangers: I thought my fantasies made me writerly and special — it took decades to see how they were ruining my life

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“Obviously, we all die”: On rejecting the cult of positivity and embracing the joy of darkness

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I fall for strangers: I thought my fantasies made me writerly and special — it took decades to see how they were ruining my life

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“What a horrible mother”: How a call from a “good samaritan” derailed these mothers’ lives

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“My infant died. He should have been with me”: The horror too nightmarish to comprehend

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“What a horrible mother:” How a call from a “good samaritan” derailed these mothers’ lives

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The day I left my son in the car

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The day I left my son in the car

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Was my breast reduction a mistake?

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I married a misanthrope

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Is motherhood causing my depression?

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My private school guilt

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Is my Facebook page a liberal echo chamber?

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The Jewish mother I never thought I'd be

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Is it time to kill the liberal arts degree?

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Death to high school English

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I’m pregnant, I’m fat and I hate it

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Slave to the boob tube

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