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Pardon My Dust
-What do ashes mean to us? An essay about remains– yours, mine, Dorothy Parkers. My NYT Column for January 24,…
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O Christmas Tree: JFB in NYT, 12/25/15
-This piece of mine appeared on the op/ed page of the New York Times on Christmas Day, 2015, with the…
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About “Transgendered”: Some History & Grammar
-Here’s a piece Helen Boyd wrote for her blog; she asked me to add a postscript, which of course rapidly…
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The Pirate Maiden
-This is a piece I wrote on New Years Day as a gift for Wesleyan’s newspaper, the Argus, of which…
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2014: The Year in Boylan
-This was kind of an exhausting year. Good shit, though. I know that a lot of people wonder what…
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Day 17: Last Train
-Day 17 of this Amtrak Residency. Greetings from Maine, where I am approaching mile 8360, and the end of this incredible…
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Days 9 & 10: At a Siding (V. & VI.)
-Days 9 & 10 of this Amtrak Residency. Greetings from Big Sur where I am pausing at mile 4005 of this…
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Day 7: At a Siding (III.)
-Day 7 of this Amtrak Residency. Greetings from Big Sur where I am now at mile 4005 of this voyage. You…
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Day 3: At a Siding (II.)
-Day 3 of this Amtrak Residency. Greetings from Bloomington, Indiana, where I am, again, at mile 1190 of this 7298 mile…
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Jennifer Finney Boylan chosen as one of 24 inaugural “Amtrak Residency” writers.
-Wait, wait. I thought they said “trains-gender.” I was misinformed! Does this mean I still have to go? I am…