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A love letter to New York
When the ghosts of my past collide with my present
Jenna Park
Oct 11
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Was Gen X the last generation to have a carefree childhood?
For all the latchkey kids, the cynics, and the slackers.
Jenna Park
Sep 20
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A blueberry summer: stories from an art school dropout Ep2
The summer I quit school and worked on a farm in Maine.
Jenna Park
Aug 9
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On this Father's Day, a story about wigs, a story about New York
And an excerpt from a short interview with my dad, wig seller to the stars.
Jenna Park
Jun 14
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A prologue to a trip. You're putting what in your suitcase?
Travels with my mom pt. 2, in which my middle-aged self meets my childhood self from the 80s.
Jenna Park
Apr 12
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The trauma of immigration, and the story behind a name
Names, luck, and destiny, and how I ended up being one of a million Jennifers.
Jenna Park
Mar 29
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Reverse gender roles in the kitchen
All the cooks in my life, of which I am not on. Lucking out in the lottery of spouses who love to cook.
Jenna Park
Mar 1
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The last conversation with my father
The chronicles of learning a language that was never my first. Oh, and that damn Duolingo owl.
Jenna Park
Feb 8
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The melancholy of Christmas
When the holiday season isn't always so joyful for some.
Jenna Park
Dec 28, 2022
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I once worked as an elf at Macy's Santaland
It's that time again to share the greatest Christmas story...well, that I ever told.
Jenna Park
Dec 21, 2022
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