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Jul 1, 2024 | 
memoirland.substack.com | Hannah Sward |Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory |Rebecca Giggs |Alexandra Dos Santos
Welcome to Memoir Land—a newsletter edited by , now featuring four verticals:Memoir Monday, a weekly curation of the best personal essays from around the web brought to you by Narratively, The Rumpus, Granta, Guernica, Oldster Magazine, Literary Hub, Orion Magazine, The Walrus, and Electric Literature. Below is this week’s curation. First Person Singular, featuring original personal essays.
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Jun 25, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Hannah Sward
Welcome to NewsBreak, an open platform where diverse perspectives converge. Most of our content comes from established publications and journalists, as well as from our extensive network of tens of thousands of creators who contribute to our platform. We empower individuals to share insightful viewpoints through short posts and comments.
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Jun 25, 2024 | 
therumpus.net | Hannah Sward
Filing on meth is interesting. Filing without meth is not. For three years, I have worked a nine to five job as an office assistant at a law school. I work in the dean’s office. My supervisor’s name is Carol. Everybody loves Carol. She is so nice. I think she is annoying. But Carol has MS, so you have to be nice to her. Carol also never questions why I go to the bathroom and the file room so often. And why, when I do go, am I gone so long? “Oh Carol, it’s the meth. Don’t worry about me.
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May 14, 2024 | 
huffpost.com | Hannah Sward
Ever since I was a little girl, I never felt enough. Not pretty enough. Not smart enough. Not thin enough. When I was 24, I began taking a diet drug combination called fen-phen. It not only suppressed my appetite, but it gave me energy and focus. I lost 10 pounds in just a month. A year later, it was ruled unsafe and taken off the market. I gained the weight back. I became preoccupied with losing it again.
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May 14, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Hannah Sward
Welcome to NewsBreak, an open platform where diverse perspectives converge. Most of our content comes from established publications and journalists, as well as from our extensive network of tens of thousands of creators who contribute to our platform. We empower individuals to share insightful viewpoints through short posts and comments.
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Mar 17, 2024 | 
yourtango.com | Hannah Sward
My sister and I, from as young an age as I can remember, were on diets. The grapefruit diet, the six-day-nothing-but-watermelon diet, the one Yoplait yogurt, and one raisin bagel-a-day diet. We never made it past day three before breaking down and going to Woolworths for chocolate malts. Sitting on red swivel stools we’d lick the whipping cream up with our tongues, ask the waitress for more whipping cream then stick our straws into the malt. I was raised in a house that feared food.
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Jan 4, 2024 | 
fredericknewspost.com | Hannah Sward
When I was on meth, I was busy. Very busy. There was gardening to do, color-coding the closet, taking apart doorknobs, trying to put doorknobs back together and trips to Home Depot at 3 a.m. to look at light fixtures and nails. kAmx 925 E9:?8D E@ 5@[ 2?5 H92E6G6C x H2D 5@:?8 x H2D G6CJ :?E6C6DE65 :?] &?E:= x H2D?’E[ =62G:?8 E96 32E9C@@> 5@@C<?@3 @? E96 7=@@C 2?5 >@G:?8 @? E@ D@>6 @E96C AC@;64E]k^AmkAm%:>6 @?
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Jan 3, 2024 | 
koreatimes.co.kr | Hannah Sward
By Hannah SwardWhen I was on meth, I was busy. Very busy. There was gardening to do, color-coding the closet, taking apart doorknobs, trying to put doorknobs back together and trips to Home Depot at 3 a.m. to look at light fixtures and nails. I had things to do, and whatever I was doing I was very interested in. Until I wasn’t, leaving the bathroom doorknob on the floor and moving on to some other project. Time on meth is very different from time with no meth. No more gardening or trips to Home Depot.
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Jan 2, 2024 | 
iolaregister.com | Hannah Sward
When I was on meth, I was busy. Very busy. There was gardening to do, color-coding the closet, taking apart doorknobs, trying to put doorknobs back together and trips to Home Depot at 3 a.m. to look at light fixtures and nails. I had things to do, and whatever I was doing I was very interested in. Until I wasn’t, leaving the bathroom doorknob on the floor and moving on to some other project. Time on meth is very different from time with no meth. No more gardening or trips to Home Depot.
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Jan 2, 2024 | 
everand.com | Hannah Sward
When I was on meth, I was busy. Very busy. There was gardening to do, color-coding the closet, taking apart doorknobs, trying to put doorknobs back together and trips to Home Depot at 3 a.m. to look at light fixtures and nails. I had things to do, and whatever I was doing I was very interested in. Until I wasn’t, leaving the bathroom doorknob on the floor and moving on to some other project. Time on meth is very different from time with no meth. No more gardening
