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Maybe genetics: connecting with family members
“When I was 18,” my aunt says, “everyone kept telling me to settle down and get married. And I didn’t want to get married.” She’s driving me to a bookstore […]
Assuming that I’m basically competent
I used to appreciate the way people assumed that if I could figure out how to pack up my life and move to Korea, I must be basically competent. When […]
Travel and the kinds of regrets I’m willing to live with
On a cold March morning in 2009, I was sitting at my desk dreading the rest of the day. There had to be a way that I could go home […]