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Michael Isaac Almond in Human Parts

Young boy is surrounded by drawings

Omi and the Pretty Princess Drawings

Acceptance is often unspoken

Laurie b. Frankel in Human Parts

Photo of the back of a young man and child holding hands walking on a boardwalk over sand toward the ocean

Denial is a Drug

It can be as destructive as any other

Laurie b. Frankel in Human Parts

a black-and-white woodcut illustration of Archimedes with a lever and fulcrum moving the world.

On Museum Day, I Experience my Father as Sad and Human

“Some things with people you can’t change.”

Laurie b. Frankel in Human Parts

A collage of sepia-toned vintage portraits of young childrena dn adults.

MEMOIR

My Mother’s Past is Always Present

A story of inherited loss

Cathy Coombs in Human Parts

My Journey to Locate My Half-Brother I’ve Never Met

The hidden narrative: uncovering the unknown

Aimee Liu in Human Parts

Snapshots of the Migration Estrangement That Tore My Asian-American Family Apart

Two consolation…

Laura Potter in Human Parts

Inherited Badassery

The meaning behind hidden objects

Meg Conley in Human Parts

Finding My Family’s Bones

How visiting Appalachia helped me begin to understand my family

Patsy Fergusson in Human Parts

Rewriting the Story of My Parents’ Marriage

How old footage of my family helped me see my mother…