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Sarah Manguso

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In Short

Thirty-six ways of looking at the aphorism

by Sarah Manguso,

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How to Be a Parent

These are tough times for parents. Not because child rearing has gotten any harder — it’s the same as it ever was — but because we are newly overrich in hand-wringing books…

by A. Balkan, Sarah Manguso, Rivka Galchen, Pamela Druckerman, Michelle Tea, Emma Donoghue, Ben Lerner, Ellen Rosenbush, Karl Taro Greenfeld, Claire Messud,

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The Grand Shattering

I never wanted to be a mother. I wanted to be a person. My identity crisis began at age three, when I wanted to be Popeye but realized that I…

by Sarah Manguso,

[Readings]

Keeping Time

By Sarah Manguso, from Ongoingness: The End of a Diary, out in March from Graywolf Press. Manguso is the author of several books, including The Guardians and The Two Kinds…

by Sarah Manguso,

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Memory’s Passages

The limits of autobiography

by Sarah Manguso,

[Forum]

Motherhood

In the beginning, waiting for the baby to feed or stop feeding or burp or pass wind or yellow liquid shit, I postponed showers, phone calls, bowel movements. With the…

by Sarah Manguso,

[Forum]

Are You Sleeping?

In search of a good night’s rest

by Rebecca Curtis, A. Roger Ekirch, Gideon Lewis-Kraus, Sarah Manguso, Hamilton Morris, Christine Smallwood, Rebecca Solnit, Deb Olin Unferth,

Sarah Manguso

From this author

In Short

Thirty-six ways of looking at the aphorism

How to Be a Parent

These are tough times for parents. Not because child rearing has gotten any harder — it’s the same as it ever was — but because we are newly overrich in hand-wringing books…

The Grand Shattering

I never wanted to be a mother. I wanted to be a person. My identity crisis began at age three, when I wanted to be Popeye but realized that I…

Keeping Time

By Sarah Manguso, from Ongoingness: The End of a Diary, out in March from Graywolf Press. Manguso is the author of several books, including The Guardians and The Two Kinds…

Memory’s Passages

The limits of autobiography

Motherhood

In the beginning, waiting for the baby to feed or stop feeding or burp or pass wind or yellow liquid shit, I postponed showers, phone calls, bowel movements. With the…

Are You Sleeping?

In search of a good night’s rest

August 2013

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