The Story of My Father’s Hands
In that motel room I saw my father forever altered, with lasting wounds, like the scar on one of his hands—hands I’d studied and knew by heart.
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The Flintstones
The Flintstones
Art in America
Square PegsFamily Ties
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“Why did they move?” I asked my mother.
What did children ever do?
Blaise Allysen Kearsley is a Brooklyn-based writer and creative nonfiction writing teacher. She is currently working on a memoir about growing up biracial in the 80's punk scene. She is a contributing editor at Vestal Review and the creator/producer/host of the How I Learned storytelling series. On Instagram she's @blaiseallysen, but to learn how to pronounce all of her names visit her at blaiseallysenkearsley.com
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