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On 9/11, a nurse was texting saucy messages to thousands of strangers across the country. But the nurse was really a 21-year-old man, bored in an office in London. 

writes about delivering “the last orgasm at the end of the world.” This essay was originally published in [The Fence](https://www.the-fence.com/).

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Hold the Phone

trauma plot

Two memoirists in conversation.

A discussion between the author of [Trauma Plot](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/736792/trauma-plot-by-jamie-hood/), Jamie Hood, and the author of [Reading the Waves](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/726930/reading-the-waves-by-lidia-yuknavitch/), Lidia Yuknavitch.

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Where does trauma live?

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"In my work lately I have been trying to discover the essence of suffering."

is a writer and photographer from the American northeast.

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Island of Stability

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How “the prince of citrus” went from bespoke to big-box.

on bergamot’s centuries-long ascent from exotic and weird-looking fruit to everyday fragrance.

Bergamot for All

perfume diary

A week of working at a niche perfume shop in the Pacific Northwest.

on the good, bad and smelly parts of working at the oldest niche perfume house in Portland, Oregon.

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Diary of a fragrance diplomat

Desiring at AWP.

reports from the annual Association of Writers & Writing Programs conference.

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Run, algo, run

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Power vs. freedom 

on turning away from microtrends and towards a lost era. 

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Are the 80s back?

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Starting a magazine is an act of optimism. 

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The Fence across the pond

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