Personal Essay
Two People, One Beginning
When my daughter was pregnant with twins, she made a promise to herself. She would never allow her children to lose their individual identities simply because they happened to arrive in the world at…
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Local News
The Strange Experience of Outgrowing Yourself
I was sitting in a small upstairs room on a Wednesday night, the kind of room someone had clearly tried to make feel exciting for teenagers by ordering whatever showed up first when you search "youth…
Editorial
On Being Someone's Twin
People expect twins to be a matched set. They ask if we finish each other's sentences, if we felt it when the other got hurt, if there's some wordless current running between us that outsiders can't…
Culture
Where Do I Belong?
I've asked myself this question for most of my life. I present as white: blue eyes, blond hair, and fair skin. The earliest knowledge I have of my Cherokee heritage wasn't taught in school or by my…