Thursday, February 9, 2012

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Waiting

ESSAY

Marissa Landrigan contemplates fertility and the recent, persistent sound of her biological clock.

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Battle Hymn of the Chimera Mother, Part III: Our Lady of the Hamburger Vag

ESSAY

Becky Palapala on the profanity of childbirth.

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It’s Go Time

HUMOR

It’s 4:35 AM and Jeffrey Pillow is running around the house like a chicken with its head cut off. Ready or not, here she comes!

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Excerpt From Cooking for Gracie

MEMOIR

In which Keith Dixon learns to fasten his his seatbelt.

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The Umbilical Cord Stump

FLASH NONFICTION

What do you mean it dries up and falls off?

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The Pregnant Prizefighter

HUMOR

Summer Block reveals four little-known benefits of natural childbirth.

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The Miserable Nurse in the Happy-Faced Scrubs

MEMOIR

Everyone said it was incredibly hard to get pregnant. Turns out everyone was a God damn liar. Author Chris Illuminati (Assholeology) offers a rippingly funny take on the shock of conception and the delightful horrors of impending fatherhood.

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Let’s See How Fast This Baby Will Go

MEMOIR

Gloria Harrison woke up on the morning of June 4, 1996 and knew instantly that she was in labor with the baby she was placing for adoption – and that before she could go to the hospital, she had to buy a car. She was twenty years old and about to have two life-altering experiences all in the same day.

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On Fear

MEMOIR

In a few days, Erika is going to face some of the most intense torture known to woman. Nothing she can do will change that fact. In a few short days, she is going to have a child.

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