Friday Lunch Blog
Dig in every month as our Lunch Ticket staff brings you thought-provoking personal essays and nonfiction stories in our Friday Lunch Blog. From stories about grief and loss, to tales of growing up and overcoming challenges, to celebratory pieces about love and family, these stories are shared every second Friday of the month. With these blogs, we aim to give you a glimpse into Lunch Ticket and the values we stand by for this literary publication, to empower writers and readers with the knowledge and skills to lead meaningful lives and to advance social, economic, and environmental justice. We hope you enjoy!
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Barbara Platts
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Barbara Platts2020-01-31 07:13:462020-02-02 21:48:24Finding Our Similarities
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Janet Rodriguez
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Janet Rodriguez2020-01-21 00:32:562020-01-28 13:20:05What’s In a Name?
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Lisa Croce
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Lisa Croce2020-01-16 22:46:392020-01-27 12:44:50My Quest For Magnetism
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Regan Humphrey
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Regan Humphrey2019-12-27 08:55:332020-04-24 16:56:51Fire-Swallowing, Love Letters, and Other Dances with Death
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Sarah Haas
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Sarah Haas2019-12-20 10:00:332020-01-30 15:27:08Shields Up, Red Alert, Incoming Climate Change
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Liz Netto
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Liz Netto2019-12-13 10:00:382022-02-09 09:27:25The Next New Normal
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Dele Smith
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Dele Smith2019-11-15 12:00:412022-02-09 09:25:44Double Vision
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Janet Rodriguez
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Janet Rodriguez2019-11-08 10:28:032020-01-30 15:29:11Before and Beyond the Moon
Susan Dorothea White
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Regan Humphrey
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Regan Humphrey2019-11-01 11:55:052020-01-30 15:30:04Health Well Fit
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Louise Rozett
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Louise Rozett2019-10-25 11:49:332020-01-30 15:31:00Admissions: Part II
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Alexis McCadney
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Alexis McCadney2019-10-18 12:00:432020-01-30 15:31:32My Parents Didn’t Have a Personal Library
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Lisa Croce
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Lisa Croce2019-10-11 11:53:402020-01-30 15:32:06Purple Poodle Skirt
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Alisha Mercier
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Alisha Mercier2019-10-04 11:53:262020-01-30 15:33:28How J. Cole Taught Me To Love Minez
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Sarah Haas
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Sarah Haas2019-09-27 12:09:252022-02-09 09:50:17Mover’s Guide: How to pack up a house (and not lose your mind)
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Sarah Haas
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Sarah Haas2019-09-19 13:54:202022-02-09 09:29:37Body Love: A Group Blog
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Sarah Haas
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Sarah Haas2019-09-13 11:52:562020-01-30 15:37:51Remember Raw Oysters?
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Alisha Escobedo
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Alisha Escobedo2019-09-06 12:37:382019-09-06 12:37:38Orange is the New… Metamorphosis
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Dele Smith
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Dele Smith2019-08-30 11:49:332019-09-03 14:54:21The Lottery
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Alexis McCadney
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Alexis McCadney2019-08-23 12:00:472019-08-23 12:02:08Open Your Mouth (Silence Won’t Save You)
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Sarah Haas
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Sarah Haas2019-08-16 11:59:512019-08-17 22:19:10Five Myths: A Daughter’s Guide to Surviving (your mother’s) Stroke
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Lisa Croce
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Lisa Croce2019-08-09 11:37:592019-08-10 12:46:25Looking Toward My Reflection
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Stephanie Teasley
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Stephanie Teasley2019-08-02 11:50:502020-01-30 15:39:42When You Have NPC Parents and No Cheat Codes
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Louise Rozett
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Louise Rozett2019-07-26 11:50:262019-07-26 14:15:58Admissions: Part 1
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Cristina Van Orden
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Cristina Van Orden2019-07-19 11:50:342020-01-30 15:42:52Julian
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Regan Humphrey
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Regan Humphrey2019-07-12 11:55:062019-07-12 11:20:10The Mind, The Body, The Voice
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Sarah Haas
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Sarah Haas2019-07-05 11:55:002019-07-05 22:25:56What We Think We Know
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Sarah Haas
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Sarah Haas2019-06-28 12:00:102022-02-09 10:34:47More Than Four Squares
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Janet Rodriguez
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Janet Rodriguez2019-06-21 12:00:052022-02-09 10:33:53What We Hold Inside
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Esteban Cajigas
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Esteban Cajigas2019-05-31 12:25:122022-02-09 10:32:33Diagnosis
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Liz Netto
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Liz Netto2019-05-24 12:03:222022-02-09 10:35:43For the Love of It
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Cristina Van Orden
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Cristina Van Orden2019-05-17 12:03:112019-06-18 12:17:32Center of the Living Room
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Kate Carmody
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Kate Carmody2019-05-10 12:03:012022-02-09 10:36:50Mad Scientist
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Andrea Auten
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Andrea Auten2019-05-03 12:01:052019-05-03 12:01:05Small Details
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Tom Pyun
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Tom Pyun2019-04-26 11:58:312022-02-09 10:38:25When Greek Gods Fall
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Lily Caraballo
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Lily Caraballo2019-04-19 11:44:102022-02-09 10:39:26UFYH
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Dele Smith
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Dele Smith2019-04-12 11:44:172021-10-04 17:42:30The Reluctant Activist
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Adrien Sdao
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Adrien Sdao2019-04-05 12:05:212021-10-04 17:38:11Big Sib, Little Sib
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Esteban Cajigas
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Esteban Cajigas2019-03-29 19:18:582022-02-09 10:40:38Invincible (Two Missed Calls)
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Erica Floyd
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Erica Floyd2019-03-22 11:55:172022-02-09 10:41:36Bad Connection
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Adrien Sdao
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Adrien Sdao2019-03-15 11:59:372022-02-09 10:42:28Los Angeles in the Rain
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Dele Smith
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Dele Smith2019-03-08 13:15:412022-02-09 10:43:36New Math
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Janet Rodriguez
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Janet Rodriguez2019-03-01 11:59:102022-02-09 10:44:29The Language of Community
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Alisha Escobedo
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Alisha Escobedo2019-02-22 12:08:512022-02-09 10:45:21A Queer Declaration
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Kate Carmody
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Kate Carmody2019-02-15 11:52:562022-02-09 10:45:59Awakening the Unconscious Legacy [trigger warning]
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Liz Netto
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Liz Netto2019-02-08 12:50:032022-02-09 10:47:11Being A Stepmother
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Cristina Van Orden
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Cristina Van Orden2019-02-01 12:14:212022-02-09 10:47:56Finding the Woman with Jasmine: A Self-Portrait
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Kelly Ian Hobkirk
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Kelly Ian Hobkirk2019-01-25 11:51:302022-02-09 10:48:53How Roland Barthes Changed My Life
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Lily Caraballo
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Lily Caraballo2019-01-18 12:02:182022-02-09 10:49:46Now What?
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Jasper Henderson
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Jasper Henderson2019-01-11 12:04:352022-02-09 10:50:29The Passport Nightmare
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Erica Floyd
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Erica Floyd2019-01-04 12:01:362019-01-04 12:01:36#VirginiaWoolf, #Instagram, and #Feminism
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Andrea Auten
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Andrea Auten2018-12-28 12:00:322022-02-09 10:52:14Everybody’s Child
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Sarita Sidhu
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Sarita Sidhu2018-12-14 12:10:412022-02-09 10:51:27In and Out
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Tom Pyun
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Tom Pyun2018-11-23 11:51:412022-02-09 10:53:06Live, Work, Skate
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Erica Floyd
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Erica Floyd2018-11-16 11:56:022022-02-09 10:54:59Packing Lists and Passed-On Traits
