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Goodbye from Human Parts
Goodbye from Human Parts
Dear friends, Nothing lasts forever, and at the end of this month we’ll be…
Human Parts
Dec 15, 2015
When We Start Over
When We Start Over
On Breakups and Algorithms
Stephanie Georgopulos
Dec 28, 2015
A Parting Gift: Some of Our Favorite Stories
A Parting Gift: Some of Our Favorite Stories
Here are some stories we love from the past 2.5 years — stories we still go back to, and ones that still make us laugh and think and (yes…
Human Parts
Dec 30, 2015
Thoughts For The River Gods That Live Inside My Faucet
Thoughts For The River Gods That Live Inside My Faucet
I am standing at the kitchen sink. I turn on the hot water, a little to the left, until it is on the verge of scalding but not quite, not…
Julia Wohlers
Dec 13, 2015
You’re Here For Me
You’re Here For Me
Online, on my phone, in person, when we’re out for dinner and suddenly you’re sobbing into your spaghetti. While I’m there for you, rubbing…
Abby Kloppenburg
Dec 3, 2015
Dear America: Here’s Your Gun Solution
Dear America: Here’s Your Gun Solution
Here’s some common sense for you. I want gun ownership to be as boring and annoying as car ownership. I want you to go to some Department…
Sara Benincasa
Dec 2, 2015
14 Honest Venmo Captions
14 Honest Venmo Captions
Sometimes I text to ask for your buzzer number even though I know it by heart. You open the door in your college t-shirt, the one…
Harris Sockel
Dec 1, 2015
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Introducing Inklings, a Digital Magazine by Human Parts
Introducing Inklings, a Digital Magazine by Human Parts
You can now subscribe to Inklings, a digital magazine by Human Parts.
Human Parts
Sep 8, 2015
How to Submit to Human Parts
How to Submit to Human Parts
Human Parts is a patchwork collection of prose that strives, more than anything else, to inspire its readers to close their browsers and…
Human Parts
Jul 1, 2015
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Jun 1, 2015
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The Human Parts Fiction Prompt #6
The Human Parts Fiction Prompt #6
What does it feel like when you can’t get it out? Your big thing, your idea, your Plan To Save The World’s Orphaned Souls. That…
Human Parts
Dec 5, 2015
Open Thread Highlights, Vol. 6: Apologies to Ourselves
Open Thread Highlights, Vol. 6: Apologies to Ourselves
Every few weeks, we post an open thread with a brief writing prompt. Here, some apologies to ourselves — for sushi and boyfriends and blue…
Human Parts
Nov 16, 2015
The Human Parts Open Thread: Apologize to Yourself
The Human Parts Open Thread: Apologize to Yourself
Apologize to yourself. For something. One thing. A thing your past self did without your present self’s permission. A thing you could undo…
Human Parts
Nov 11, 2015
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Getting Naked with Strangers
Getting Naked with Strangers
On Losing My Mind and My Clothes at Olympic Spa
Ramou Sarr
Dec 29, 2015
How To Be A Failing Novelist, Part 2
How To Be A Failing Novelist, Part 2
Live in a large gated community with guards and trucks. Some of the communities within the gated community have more gates.
Josh Spilker
Dec 29, 2015
Humour Me
Humour Me
Midnight is an excellent time for a bourbon milkshake by the sea.
Jasmine Papillon
Dec 22, 2015
How To Be A Failing Novelist, Part 1
How To Be A Failing Novelist, Part 1
Ride in the backseat when you’re a kid. Read Beezus and Ramona.
Josh Spilker
Dec 8, 2015
Who Told You It Was Okay To Show Up Unannounced?
Who Told You It Was Okay To Show Up Unannounced?
Crushes are funny. Sometimes they shuffled softly to the seat next to yours in a class you took just to pass the time. Weeks crept by and…
Francesca Bonifacio
Dec 7, 2015
The Secret to a Good Night’s Sleep
The Secret to a Good Night’s Sleep
“So a few weeks back, I saw a guy sleeping on the train.”
Snippets
Nov 29, 2015
Displaced
Displaced
Wandering is my best strategy for finding salsa at the Ralphs in Woodland Hills. Most of these supermarkets have straight rows of aisles…
Kim Zanti
Nov 24, 2015
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How I Stopped Using My 9-to-5 As An Excuse For Being Lazy
How I Stopped Using My 9-to-5 As An Excuse For Being Lazy
On a Friday night at a ~fancy~ restaurant a few weekends ago, my friends and I sat around in nice outfits, sipping overpriced cocktails…
Lauren Ver Hage
Aug 6, 2015
13 Rules for Being Alone and Being Happy About It
13 Rules for Being Alone and Being Happy About It
As you read this, I’m flying back to the U.S. from China. Alone. While I was there, I ran a marathon. Alone. I stayed in a hotel room alone…
Tyler Tervooren
Jul 30, 2015
How My Partner’s Layoff Made Me Good With Money
How My Partner’s Layoff Made Me Good With Money
About two months ago, my partner lost his job. He had only been there for about six months when the company realized…
Emmery Brakke
Jul 30, 2015
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