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Editor’s Notes: On Time Zones Week

Managing Editor Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya reflects on the origins of Time Zone Week. Plus: Behind-the-scenes art content!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Feb 25, 2022

Time Zones Week

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My Jackie: On Yellowjackets and a Missing Friend

We met when I was 16 and she was 17. We weren’t dating, but we might as well have been. I’ve been thinking about her more than usual lately, ever…

Riddhi —

Feb 25, 2022

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Time Zones Week

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Grief Exists in Its Own Time Zone

There’s a reason people say things like “grief isn’t linear,” and “you won’t feel this way forever,” and there’s also a reason it feels like you’re hearing those things through…

Rosemary Donahue —

Feb 24, 2022

Time Zones Week

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We Call It Time Travel

To love someone new is to agree to travel somewhere that doesn’t exist yet together.

Vanessa —

Feb 23, 2022

Time Zones Week

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To Travel, Like Light

So much of my experience of poetry is wrapped up in time.

danijanae —

Feb 22, 2022

Time Zones Week

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Closing the Distance With a Dash of Salt and Cumin

In the middle of a pandemic, 8,000 miles away from Dhaka, Bangladesh, I craved my favorite dish in the world: beef bhuna, a curry made of tender meat and rich,…

P —

Feb 21, 2022

Time Zones Week

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Time Between Us

My partner and I started our relationship at a distance. C was on Eastern Time. I was on Mountain Time.

Diana Clarke —

Feb 20, 2022