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Whole Hole Story

Whole Hole Story

An inventive child discovers a hole in her pocket and imagines its many possibilities in this picture book.

2021

Kenneth Kit Lamug, et al.

Kenneth Kit Lamug, Vivian McInerny

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Jul 7, 2025

The Borders Between Us

Traveling in India at age 18, I learned through fellow travelers

cigarette case on ground, mirror reflecting cigarette butt

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Jul 20, 2025

Wading Cautiously into Deep Waters

New friends slowly reveal what lurks beneath the surface

Image of the Ganges River with a statue of a blue god in the foreground.

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Human Parts

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Feb 11, 2025

Strongly Ambivalent About Love

Love means never having to say you’re certain

Strongly Ambivalent About Love

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Dec 30, 2024

You Can’t Go Home Again

Without my childhood house I felt like a turtle without a shell

You Can’t Go Home Again

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Jun 28, 2019

My Secret Husband

I couldn’t appease my mother by marrying my boyfriend — mostly, because I already had

My Secret Husband

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May 21

Traveling in India Proved My Inadequacies

Fate and other excuses to do nothing

image of people in train

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Apr 22

How the USPS Delivered My Sanity

My childhood mailman posted a future lifeline

How the USPS Delivered My Sanity

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Human Parts

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Aug 31, 2025

The Time a Ouija Board Scared Us

We weren’t sure if we were tapping into spirits or superstitions

The Time a Ouija Board Scared Us

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Aug 17, 2025

Midday at the Oasis

You put your camels to bed

Image of camels sitting with legs tucked beneath them. The saddles on these camels have handlebars, probably added for tourists.

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Aug 11, 2025

My Almost Miraculous Encounter

When a crying statue visited, I wanted to believe

Statue of a crying angel

Vivian McInerny

Vivian McInerny

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Former daily newspaper staff. Writing about backpacking the Silk Road to India at age 18. HarperCollins author .

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