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Published in Human Parts

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My Quest to Understand What Caused My Children’s Birth Defects

A journey into my family history, the chemical industry, and genetics — It’s 1989. I’m 26, 19 weeks pregnant, and I really need to pee. The technician calls my name and I follow her to the examining room where I undress and slip under the cold white sheet on the examining table. After some discussion about morning sickness, she applies gel to…

Health

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My Quest to Understand What Caused My Children’s Birth Defects
My Quest to Understand What Caused My Children’s Birth Defects
Health

19 min read


Nov 20, 2021

While You Slept

In the middle of the night I lie awake considering my options One thought: I could 5150 myself to buy time, sort things through have a bed, a roof and three squares. But when I wake later, early that morning, I know the answer. I throw back the covers with abandon Spitefully hoping…

Divorce

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While You Slept
While You Slept
Divorce

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Aug 16, 2021

Circumcision Judgments — 30 Years After the Fact

Recently, I attended a literary event at an acquaintance’s home. I was apprehensive at first because I didn’t know any of the (younger) guests, but felt my social anxiety receding after some friendly, getting-to-know-you banter around a warming fire pit. That was one moment. The next moment, a chasm opened…

Mwc Space

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Circumcision Judgments — 30 Years After the Fact
Circumcision Judgments — 30 Years After the Fact
Mwc Space

5 min read


Jun 22, 2021

My Mother’s Bundt Pan

(after a poem by Dorianne Laux) — Burnt sienna to match the appliances and times Fat flutes alternating with thin Creating crannies the Pam never reached Weary from a brief marriage to Betty Crocker, and a fling with Duncan Hines, they found love with the Pillsbury Dough Boy When the phallus with a hole rising up from the flutes…

Poetry

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My Mother’s Bundt Pan
My Mother’s Bundt Pan
Poetry

1 min read


Jun 6, 2021

Facebook Messenger Tells Me If He’s Alive or…

“Want some?” Those were the first words Steve spoke to me while extending a heaping spoonful of cocaine as I stood flipping through the stack of albums next to the turntable. In case you hadn’t guessed, it was the 80s and we were at a mutual friend’s Fourth of July…

Alcoholism

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Facebook Messenger Tells Me If He’s Alive or…
Facebook Messenger Tells Me If He’s Alive or…
Alcoholism

3 min read


Mar 21, 2021

On The One-Year Anniversary of the Pandemic: Six Rituals To Last a Lifetime

Bake any banana bread this past year? You’re not alone. Many of us adopted new pastimes and rituals while being (mostly) stuck inside during various stay-at-home restrictions. Some pastimes were born of necessity, others of boredom. Some will last, most won’t, especially as life returns to normal…whatever normal is. With…

Pandemic

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On The One-Year Anniversary of the Pandemic: Seven Rituals To Last a Lifetime
On The One-Year Anniversary of the Pandemic: Seven Rituals To Last a Lifetime
Pandemic

10 min read


Mar 3, 2021

Confronting My Racist Behavior One Puzzle Piece At A Time

By Amy Roost The week after pandemonium* broke out, I met a friend for coffee. I thought Amy and I had shared everything — including our names—over the course of our nearly 50-year friendship. …

Racism

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Working a Jigsaw Puzzle Made Me Confront My Racist Behavior
Working a Jigsaw Puzzle Made Me Confront My Racist Behavior
Racism

7 min read


Nov 25, 2019

The Revenge of an Assault Survivor

A true story as told to (and written by) Amy Roost for Estela Salazar. Don José I was 6 when Don José surprised me with some cookies and milk before bed. I got so sleepy. The next day I woke up all bloody, with a cut on my ankle. Mami…

Sexual Assault

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The Revenge of an Assault Survivor
The Revenge of an Assault Survivor
Sexual Assault

11 min read


Aug 30, 2019

Abortion Isn’t Always A Simple Case Of Wanting Or Not Wanting A Child

The inconvenient truth on the pesticide that caused my baby’s brain anomalies.

Abortion

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Abortion Isn’t Always A Simple Case Of Wanting Or Not Wanting A Child
Abortion Isn’t Always A Simple Case Of Wanting Or Not Wanting A Child
Abortion

9 min read


Published in The Startup

·May 27, 2019

What I Gave Up To Become a Successful Writer

Nine years ago, at the age of 47, the editor of my hometown community paper offered to let me write a bi-monthly column. It marked the start of what would be an improbable journey to a successful writing career. Success didn’t happen overnight. It wasn’t until 2014, that I had…

Writing Prompts

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What I Gave Up To Become a Successful Writer
What I Gave Up To Become a Successful Writer
Writing Prompts

4 min read

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