Mind the accent
When I spoke like someone I wasn’t, people listened more closely. What did that say about them – and me?
by Erica Mayor
Alizeh Kohari
Life Stories Editor, Psyche
Alizeh Kohari is a writer, editor and reporter who divides her time between Pakistan and the United States. She most recently worked at Global Press, training reporters across the world, from Mexico to Mongolia. Her work has appeared in Harper’s, New York Review of Books, Wired and others.
Edited by Alizeh Kohari
Again, again, again
I’m not infertile, but I experience recurrent miscarriages. I worry about how many more I can take
by Jami Nakamura Lin
Stealing my father
I’d long had a rocky relationship with my dad. Then, a predatory caregiver took over his life
by Mark Teich
Footloose in Havana
In China, I was used to treating my body like a problem. In Cuba, everyone seemed at home in theirs
Syren Chan, as told to Lavender Au
More than a mugshot
As a crime reporter, I wrote about people behind bars. I learned much more when I began writing to them
by Amelia Arvesen
The daughter I never had
I loved my three sons but still yearned for a girl. Why did this fill me with such shame?
by Emma Wilkins
The psychic who healed me
It was just like her – my bold, dead mother – to show up in my life again. Or was grief playing tricks on me?
by Amanda Leigh Lichtenstein
My husband, the gun nut
Three years into a blissful relationship, my partner picked up a hobby that sent me spiralling
by Lindsey Harrington