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Renata Ellera Gomes in The Narrative Arc

The image features a cardboard box full of Barbie dolls and a few Ken dolls. In the foreground, there’s a mermaid Barbie with a purple fishtail, a rockstar Barbie holding her pink guitar, a Hawaiian Barbie not in her original clothes, a princess Barbie and a Mulan Barbie.

THE NARRATIVE ARC

Barbie Cemetery

The remains of my childhood are clues to the adult I…

Sana Sparks in The Narrative Arc

The back of a young hiker in a stocking cap

The Warthog Lady

My longtime fellow hiker of the Virginia Highlands

Debra Urbacz in The Narrative Arc

Left Luggage: The Woman with No Voice

Childhood memories of a schizophrenic grandma

Christine Schoenwald in The Narrative Arc

BATTLE FOR DOMINANCE

Dementia and Mental Illness Are Battling It Out in My Mother’s Mind

Ilona Goanos in The Narrative Arc

Why My Father Became Violent After 53 Years of Marriage

Our lives were never the same

Christine Schoenwald in The Narrative Arc

A blonde woman standing in the fog.

BORDERLINE RAGE ESCALATES QUICKLY

Her Borderline Rage Was Terrifying, Especially When It Was Aimed at…