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Articles by
Deborah Ostrovsky
Deborah Ostrovsky lives in Montreal with her family where she is an editor, creative non-fiction writer, and occasional translator.
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January 26, 2022Our School District’s New Emergency Preparedness Guidelines Are Based on the Book of Revelation
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January 12, 2021The Final Days of Graduate School or the Final Days of Trump’s Presidency?
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March 30, 2020Self-Isolation or Graduate School?
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January 31, 2018Task List of Emotional and Physical Labor Performed During Meeting With Your Academic Supervisor to Discuss Dissertation That You Desperately Need to Finish But Can’t Because Your Supervisor Believes That Students Represent a Pool of Potential Dates
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November 30, 2016A Break-Up Letter Written as an Abstract by an Organizational Psychologist
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November 11, 2016A Patient’s Guide to Whitelash
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July 29, 2022Thank You for Calling the Perimenopause Hotline, Where Our Hold Times Are Completely Unpredictable
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August 31, 2017How to Log In to the Student Portal
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August 5, 2022An Open Letter to the White Mommy Blogger Who Posted a Recipe for Turmeric Energy Balls
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August 4, 2022For My Next Death-Defying Stunt, I Will Ride My Bike in This Bike Lane
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