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The Memory Pool

An essay from the archives

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Sep 28, 2023
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This is a revision of an essay you can find in my archives. I am sharing it with you because it’s some of my best work, and it’s an example of the kind of work you can find in the archives of this newsletter, which can only be accessed by paying subscribers. Thank you for reading and for being here.

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Note: This (very) personal essay contains a lot of very charged material that can be triggering to others, including sexual trauma, incest, sexual assault, suicide, and mentions of self-harm. This essay took me years to write and moves through time in a non-linear way.

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