My girlfriend saw me entering my 20s without a care in the world; at my age she was watching her friends die
The third installment of Nelly Reifler’s three-part essay about marriage, murder, 9/11, and how she said goodbye to Elliott Smith
The second installment of Nelly Reifler’s three-part essay about marriage, murder, 9/11, and how she said goodbye to Elliott Smith
The first installment of Nelly Reifler's three-part essay about marriage, murder, 9/11, and how she said goodbye to Elliott Smith
Her boyfriend was good when she would first let him back into the house. She was an optimist
I had no one to answer to. No one to make me feel guilty and dirty and sinful
I wanted to associate myself with what he loved, in order to be closer to him
The problem with the young Irish author was how her writing remained deeply uncynical about love
It’s best for a writer to learn how to write under any conditions. Train travel forced me to adapt
By trying to control her eating, I had broken trust with my child who wasn’t yet three months old
“Dream big,” they tell us. “The sky’s the limit.” We are lied to.
There’s something sweetly sad about how I remember my scores from 25 years ago, evidence of a worth I still struggle to internalize
Thank You!