Apr 15, 2021 ... Our neighbors close in our hearts but far away. Even though we ... “'My best friend has a crush on me. The problem is, I think I led ...

This game could only be played at my house, as I had an enclave, a tiny clearing in the trees and shrubs lining the perimeter of my side yard. ... My best friend ...

Jul 17, 2017 ... Beneath these magnificent trees teeming with cicadas in summertime, we had to raise our ... Wherever my friends are. That is the best city, and ...

Mar 3, 2020 ... In her own words, here is Carol Ann Davis's Book Notes music playlist for her essay collection The Nail in the Tree: ... friend I made in my ...

In a personal essay my ... Luckily I've realized that my mom is one of my best friends, and she conveniently lives less than ten minutes from my house.

I remember going into the club with my best friend, Giuliana, our freshman year. I sat there trying to decide whether or not to stay, but in the end didn't get ...

... my best friends one last time in college. Visiting my family in Mexico who are 30 miles and one impenetrable border away. My father finally getting the ...

Oct 18, 2022 ... The son of Taiwanese immigrants, Hua Hsu defined himself as a teen by the music he loved. The murder of a close friend when he was in ...

Jan 21, 2014 ... My wife is my best friend. She has put up with a lot. As a trader that traded my own money, somedays she could shop at Hermes, and somedays ...

Dec 14, 2011 ... My friend and are talking that when his daughter gets better, we ... Please give my best to them all for her speedy recovery. December ...

Dec 28, 2018 ... ... tree, or when are we going to get secular prayer at the western ... A good number of my closest friends are Jewish, and I am taking ...

May 18, 2021 ... Eventually, he invited his closest friends from his gym to join him. They are all regularly tested and keep the number of people in the group to ...

May 4, 2015 ... THANK YOU, THANK YOU, FOR CARING ABOUT MY NEW BOOK. BB and BB.jpg Beth and I (and our friends at the publisher of my new book, Square Halo Books) ...

Roughly two summers ago, a group of my closest friends and I decided to take a weekend getaway at Vortex Springs Recreational Park in honor of our late friend, ...

Dec 18, 2015 ... My first familiarity with David Brooks, the guest editor of Best American Essays ... my Christmas tree, each essay within, its own nested gift.

Sep 29, 2019 ... But he was almost four. “What story?” “A story about a monkey been my best friend”. I whispered into the dark about the little monkey who wants ...

Apr 11, 2018 ... A few weeks later her best friend received a lymphoma diagnosis. An ... My parents are alive, healthy, and live nearby. Other than for ...

Sep 18, 2017 ... My friend, Cheyenne and I boarded our Greyhound bus and read our books the entirety of the trip. When we arrived in the city, I was only one ...

Why essays? I used to do all my thinking-writing in outline form, since it helped me structure things; I could sort of see the idea tree forming that ...

Sep 5, 2013 ... ... her first hint she doesn't really know her father at all, but it's close. My trio of friends are still the kinds of teenagers who sneak into ...