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Stephanie Tames

Stephanie Tames’ essays have appeared in Salon and the Washington Post, among other publications, and is at work on a book of essays about her father.

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Ugh: My son moves home

Stephanie Tames
The author's 15-year-old pug, Belle

Our kids moved away, but they left their pets

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When I was stoned at the Nixon White House party

Stephanie Tames

My father didn’t “take” pictures

Stephanie Tames