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  • 1 week ago | sarahkendzior.substack.com | Sarah Kendzior

    There is a salamander so rare, you can find it only in the Ozarks. It is born wide-eyed and willing, eager to explore its surroundings: blue streams, green forests. One day, the salamander wanders into a crack in the earth. This is the most fateful decision it will make. The world darkens, but the salamander keeps going: down, down, down, until no light remains. Over time, its skin begins to mutate. A film grows over its eyelids and fuses them shut. The salamander is now blind. But it does not know.

  • 2 weeks ago | sarahkendzior.substack.com | Sarah Kendzior

    Thank you, everyone, for your thoughtful questions! I answered most and tried to address the main points of those I didn’t include. I focused on topics that came up most often so look for the theme of your question even if you don’t see your name. I do these Q & As once a month. If you’d like to submit a question, become a paying subscriber. You can do that here:I am very grateful for your support! I am also exhausted and trying to stay strong for the weekend.

  • 2 weeks ago | sarahkendzior.substack.com | Sarah Kendzior

    Hello subscribers (and future subscribers!) Between the real-life Escape from LA sequel, the “Flag Day” fascist festivities, and fake feuds between sociopaths, this week has that sickening feeling I usually associate with elections, so I figured it was time for a Q & A. Got a question? Ask away! I hope to post my answers before the weekend. For those new to this feature, here’s how it works:1) To ask a question, join as a paying subscriber, and post your question in the comments section below.

  • 3 weeks ago | sarahkendzior.substack.com | Sarah Kendzior

    It was the 30th of December, and I was driving the Natchez Trace Parkway, looking for Bobbie Gentry. I didn’t want to find her. I only wanted to know she was out there, eluding everyone. I wanted her to outwit every man who did her wrong. Many are dead: Bobbie Gentry is in her 80s. She hasn’t appeared on stage since 1981, when, after a series of music industry disputes, she left public life behind with a steadfastness unrivaled.

  • 1 month ago | sarahkendzior.substack.com | Sarah Kendzior

    Three years have passed since I contemplated writing this story. I kept changing my mind. What’s the point of a story in which nothing happens, and no answer is found? Then again: does anything sum up the middle of 2022 better than that? In November 2016, the weekend before the election, I took my children to southern Illinois on what I came to call “the last good day.” They were five and nine. We drove three hours and back from St. Louis to show them the southlands of our neighboring state.

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