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Rebecca Renner
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Personal Essays

Under construction

  • Washington Post’s The Lily — “I grew up valuing purity and virginity. Today, it’s left me with feelings of shame,” 2018
    • Syndicated in the Chicago Tribune.
  • Tin House —“On Anna Maria Ortese’s The Iguana,” in Tin House vol. 20, num. 1
  • Slate — “The Lease Makes the Lady,” 2018
  • Glamour — “I’m 27 and Living With Narcolepsy—and It’s Not a Joke,” 2018
  • Healthline — “The Life-Changing Magic of Accepting There Will Always Be a Mess“
  • Electric Literature, “My Old Man and the Sea,” 2017
  • New York Magazine’s Science of Us —
    • “Testing High Standards After a Lifetime of Settling,” 2018
    • “Dating Long-Distance Means Learning a New Way to Fight,” 2017
  • Catapult Story, “Teaching in Trumpland,” 2017
  • Ravishly, “Can’t Buy Me Love: Why I Stopped Waiting For Men To Buy Me Jewelry,” 2018
  • Book Riot, “Thank an English Teacher,” 2017
  • Obra/Artifact:
    • “Fahrenheit 2017,” 2017
    • “Implications: On Writing Mental Illness or Why Representation Matters,” 2016
    • “Lines of Sight,” 2016