The author supports her teenage daughter through anorexia

In the beginning there was Ricky. Stories of his wild abandon preceded him. They used to talk about the time that Ricky jumped from the roof

East Vancouver, 1987 Ladies and Gentlemen! Mga Binibini at Ginoo! The next contestant —ang susunod na kalahok ay Miss Tisha kumakanta— is...

Fat Tom and I have been friends since the beginning of time.

I asked my mom why Butch despised me--was it just because I was gay? No, Mom said, there’s more to it than that

Girls! Feminine giggles and shadowy shapes in the October dusk. There I was in the quadrangle between the library building and the chapel

In the late afternoon on a sunny day in 1966 my ride from Paris dropped me off on the outskirts of Venice

Everyone fancies the coach driver. But it’s me he’s staring at. I notice as soon as I clatter up the metal steps.

May 3rd, 1971. We're having a party. I’m six years old, and my parents still speak to one another.

About a year ago, I had the pleasure of forming the first ever girls boxing club in Luxor. It was somewhat revolutionary, no exaggeration.

When I was seven, Mom and I took a drive. There was a peace to life then. Rural South Carolina was a slow place.

I wonder how my teenage son, Davis, will remember me after I’m gone. Perhaps it’s a thought in the minds of many parents in these COVID-19 d

The time came for me to learn what every orthodox Jewish girl needs to know about ensuring blood doesn’t get anywhere it shouldn’t

The wind pressed on me from the south, a lodos wind, the Ottoman wind that drives men mad. I wondered if that was what was wrong with me.

Mother liked to pretend that my name was a family decision. I was the third child born to Donato and Carmella Petruccelli of Davenport, Iowa

My fellow wanderers on the hippie trail have all gone to Goa for Christmas, and I am here alone. Herat is a bleak town in the winter.

Our house was forever alive with animal instinct. We grew up surrounded by a veritable menagerie, some more memorable than others...

I was brought up to expect to work. As young as thirteen, I was encouraged to take a paper round...