Personal Essay

The Dance of Life

I stood on the balcony, mesmerized by the dancers below, torn between watching from…

No, You Are Not Broken

A Daughter’s Reckoning with Her Mother’s Pain

A Bumbling Spanish Learner and the Unexpected Beauty of the Irish Language

To Reach the Top of the Ice Hill

A harrowing journey on the ice that led to a reminder of the power of…

The Narrative I Cannot Own

A deconstruction of that one childhood memory

My 20s Have Been My “Almost” Decade

Coming to terms with the term

The Last Bowl of Soup

What my grandmother taught me about dying awake

How Lovely Are Your Branches

A brief history of the Christmas tree and the art of navigating family…

Growing Up Queer in Nigeria

To the Adams and Steves, the Avas and Eves, and everyone else— a toast for…

He/She/They/Me

A Monologue

“The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself.”