I’m About to Get Hit By A Car

I went to a small college, where the main academic buildings were located in a central valley. The valley, which is exactly what the students and faculty called it, was bordered by four main streets. In order to get to my first class of the day, I had to cross one of these busy streets. [...]

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Is this manipulation?

I told my mom about a book I’m writing. It’s non-fiction, a bit of a memoir, I tell her. I assure her that I’ll change names to protect the innocent. She said she wanted a nice name. I laughed and told her it might be obvious that I was talking about her when I said, [...]

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