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ESSAY: Reading Motherhood

ESSAY: Reading Motherhood

motherhood as existential apogee, spiritual rupture, & adventure story

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I’m crossing the street, over 7 months pregnant. I’m hobbling, carrying thirty pounds of extra weight, weakened from an iron deficiency. A car rolls up to a stop sign to my right. When I’m halfway ac…

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