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Napkor and the "not normal" cemetery
While looking for my grandmother's village, I took a detour and came face to face with a crime no one bothered to remedy or cover up
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Writing to raise the dead (in 10 easy steps!)
Kidding. None of this is easy. But I want to do it anyway.
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March 2024

Writer's Life: Interview with Danila Botha
Author of "Things That Cause Inappropriate Happiness" talks about keeping things short, rejection, perseverance, Anne Frank and addiction. Watch our…
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"You are Like the Dew"
I want to listen to my grandmother's voice, I really do, but I just can't.
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The Zone of Interest and Perpetrator Fiction
The idea is to put ourselves in a villain's shoes and realize how terrible we can all really be. But then what?
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Reductio ad Hitlerum
Lately, everything is coming up Hitler. Where does that leave us when we talk about, you know, actual Nazis?
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February 2024

January 2024

Tattoo Jew
In my 20s, I got a tattoo to link myself to my grandmother and her Auschwitz tattoo. When I tried to remove it in my 40s, I realized it was too late…
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Strange Bedfellows
What's right is left and what's up is down. Claudine Gay's resignation served as a reminder that in 2024, it's hard to know who your friends or enemies…
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Pitch Thread: Is your 2024 goal to get an essay or short story published? You are in the right place.
Hello my tiny but mighty group of paid subscribers, As part of your paid subscription you can pitch Esoterica Magazine here. Yes, others can see…
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I gave my son his name to free him from the weight of the dead. I wonder if I went too far.
The war between Israel and Gaza has not only created a rift in the world but a rift in our home. Read the latest instalment of The Bubbe Tapes
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December 2023

Olly, Olly, Oxen Free
Two history majors on a romantic weekend in the woods are forced to confront their deepest beliefs in this short story by Leah Eichler
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