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The First Thing They Teach You to Doubt Is Yourself
I do not remember the first time someone said it to me.
Aug 4
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Dawn Klinge
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July 2026
Without Friction
A short story
Jul 28
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Dawn Klinge
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The Women Who Interrupted Things
I’ve spent most of my life in evangelical spaces.
Jul 20
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Dawn Klinge
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What Loyalty Requires People to Ignore
By the end, there were so few volunteers that almost everyone still attending church had been drafted into two or three jobs.
Jul 14
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Dawn Klinge
10
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How You Learned to Stop Trusting Yourself
I was twenty-three when my oldest daughter was born, and like most first-time mothers, I was desperate to get things right.
Jul 7
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Dawn Klinge
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June 2026
Where the Narwhals Breach
a short story
Jun 30
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Dawn Klinge
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The Kind of Fiction I Want More Of
Notes on the fiction I loved most in the first half of 2026
Jun 23
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Dawn Klinge
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The Women They Call Witches
My husband has a name for one particular group of my friends.
Jun 16
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Dawn Klinge
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The Women Called Good
I remember one of the first times I became distinctly aware that someone was trying to keep me small for their own purposes.
Jun 9
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Dawn Klinge
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What Actually Creates Tension in a Story
a working framework
Jun 1
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Dawn Klinge
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May 2026
On Craft and Moral Imagination IV
Hope that Survives
May 26
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Dawn Klinge
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There Are Ways of Being Right
The following essay is some of my behind-the-scenes thoughts for a short story I’ve been working on.
May 19
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Dawn Klinge
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