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  • On Taking “Chicks With Guitars” More Seriously

    I haven’t written much so far about my life as a performing musician, so we’ll depart from the hospital stories for a hot second. I have never felt comfortable in femininity – that is to say, I have never felt like I can fit myself into what people expect of women. I think very few

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  • Sightless beauty

    She was five years old with strawberry blonde bangs. I gave her a ukulele that she held face-up in her lap and strummed, steady as a heartbeat. I played gentle guitar chords underneath her sounds, listening for the song she was making, and she sang for twenty minutes straight. She sang no, no no no

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  • Wow

    The end of a long day I wasn’t sure I would get through. Taking the elevator upstairs, head leaning against the wall. A mother and her two kids got in, a small girl and a smaller boy. From the moment they got in and pushed the button, the boy said, “Wowwww.” “Wowwww” as we gently

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