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Monthly Archives: August, 2009

Please Not Nudism Forbidden

Fall 2009 Issue It’s 6:45 a.m. when I first see the naked people. I am pajama-clad on a ledge outside my cabana in Tulum, Mexico, watching the tangerine sun rise over the Caribbean Sea. On the beach, a fleshy figure catches my eye, and I crane my neck to get a better look.  A man (…) MORE »

I Resign

Fall 2009 Issue A mother works through her decision to leave her beloved teaching job to care for her baby. Dear Kind Employer, I’m not really ready to write you this, since I haven’t yet thought out what words I want to use. But I realize that your tasks are, by their nature, time sensitive (…) MORE »

Don’t Psychoanalyze Me

Fall 2009 Issue It was the day after Christmas.  My oldest son Henry was two-and-a-half and my youngest Joe was six-months old.   Our furnace hadn’t been working for three days, and because of the holiday we couldn’t get anyone out to fix it.  My husband Michael was back at work, and my babies and I (…) MORE »

Fall 2009

Get a Taste Online Get a taste of get born. Read the following Fall 2009 articles online: Don’t Psychoanalyze Me by Dianne Perry I Resign by Jeannie Sponheim Please Not Nudism Forbidden by Carrie Visintainer Going to Prison by Carol Kloskowski Truths by Various get born Moms and Staff Get More Want to read more? (…) MORE »

Winter 2009

Get a Taste Online Get a taste of get born. Read the following Winter 2009 articles online: My Little Garbage Collector by Rachel Jones Wiper’s Unite by Tenley French Going with the Flow by Corey Radman Get More Want to read more? Order this issue. Or, better yet, subscribe to get born. Here are the (…) MORE »

get born sponsors BIRTH play, brought to you by BOLD

get born is sponsoring the BIRTH play, brought to you by The Family Journey and BOLD (Birth on Labor Day). Presented on September 26th, and starring two of get born’s rising stars (Steph Rayburn) and Heather Janssen), Birth was written about eight women based on hundreds of interviews conducted by playwrite Karen Brody.  The play (…) MORE »

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