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Our Perfectly Pretend Plane Romance
I met someone mid-flight and we immediately hit it off. Rather than try to keep in touch, we imagined what our lives would have been like if we were…
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Katharine Coldiron
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Secret Life of the Professor Who Lives with Nazis
Sociologist Peter Simi has spent 20 years embedding with skinheads. As hate crimes spike across America, his intimate insights are more crucial than…
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Erika Hayasaki
1
The Monk Who Ghosted Me
In a region known for being one of the most romantic in the world, I met my soulmate and fell in love. The rest didn’t exactly go as I’d planned.
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Olivia Shaffett
2
The Unexpected Challenges of Dating After Cancer
After chemo miraculously worked, Maggie Hart wanted to make sure 'this whole cancer thing' had not rendered her 'sexless and unlovable.' There was just…
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Maggie Hart
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July 2025

The July Edit: Family Secrets, Lifelong Regrets and New Classes
This month we're sharing some of the best of what Narratively and Narratively Academy have to offer, from moving memoir essays about love and loss, to a…
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Unburying My Mother’s Secret
In the last years of her life, a sudden revelation upended my entire image of my mom. It took a decade after her death—and another major life change—for…
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Cathy Alter
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The Man Who Betrayed Me Was Also the Man Who Loved Me
I came out of the closet in the throes of the AIDS epidemic and fell for someone I thought was a safe harbor. The blurred lines between his love and his…
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J Martin
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Announcing the Winners of the True Romance Writing Prize
Earlier this year, we were lucky enough to team up with Emma Roberts and Karah Preiss of Belletrist to bring you this very special contest. Today, we're…
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I Wanted to Watch Him Take His Last Breath—But She Said No
My stepmother and I never got along, but not allowing me to be by dad’s side while he was dying crossed a line. I've regretted not standing up to her…
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Jen Shepherd
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The Man Who Pierced the Iron Curtain in a Flying Go-Kart – and Left Civilization Forever
Escaping Communism in a DIY aircraft wasn’t enough for Ivo Zdarsky. So he invented his own way of life — in a Utah desert ghost town.
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