Friday Lunch Weekly Blog
Dig in each week as our Lunch Ticket staff brings you thought-provoking personal essays and nonfiction stories in our Friday Lunch Weekly 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 Friday throughout the year. 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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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
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Sarita Sidhu
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Sarita Sidhu2018-11-09 12:00:562022-02-09 10:54:13Bad Vegan
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Diane Gottlieb
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Diane Gottlieb2018-11-02 12:00:232022-02-09 10:56:10Becoming Buddha
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Andrea Auten
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Andrea Auten2018-10-26 14:20:472022-02-09 10:57:11The Takers
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Jasper Henderson
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Jasper Henderson2018-10-19 12:00:132022-02-09 10:58:02The View From 10,000 Feet
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Esteban Cajigas
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Esteban Cajigas2018-10-13 12:30:232022-02-09 10:59:31Delusions of Grandeur
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April Brucker
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April Brucker2018-10-05 12:00:572022-02-09 11:22:08April Brucker: International Woman of Mystery
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Adrien Sdao
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Adrien Sdao2018-09-28 12:00:122022-02-09 11:23:04Perpetual Summer
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Kate Carmody
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Kate Carmody2018-09-21 12:00:112022-02-09 11:24:00Northside Newcomer
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Tom Pyun
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Tom Pyun2018-09-14 12:00:332022-02-09 11:29:29Hydration
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Erica Floyd
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Erica Floyd2018-09-07 10:00:032018-09-06 21:20:05Food Justice: A Menu
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Yvonne de la Cruz Sanchez
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Yvonne de la Cruz Sanchez2018-08-31 12:00:582022-02-09 11:26:34“We Are Connected, We Have the Same Blood”
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Sarita Sidhu
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Sarita Sidhu2018-08-24 11:11:272022-02-09 11:33:57Bending the Spectrum
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Esteban Cajigas
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Esteban Cajigas2018-08-17 14:03:512022-02-09 11:33:15Separated Faces (A Year in Baltimore)
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Kristina Ortiz
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Kristina Ortiz2018-08-10 08:57:502022-02-09 11:35:32Identity
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Andrea Auten
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Andrea Auten2018-08-03 08:54:032022-02-09 11:41:23Put Yourself Up
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Jasper Henderson
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Jasper Henderson2018-07-27 13:04:092022-02-09 11:37:12Packing Up Books
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Adrien Sdao
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Adrien Sdao2018-07-20 11:58:052022-02-09 11:36:35Dear Glitch
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Jerry Parent
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Jerry Parent2018-07-13 11:28:002022-02-09 11:42:21Feeling Like a Fraud
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Jahzerah Brooks
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Jahzerah Brooks2018-07-06 16:08:172022-02-09 11:44:57Loving Women
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Kate Carmody
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Kate Carmody2018-06-29 12:16:562022-02-09 11:47:00Oversharing 101: #getoversharing
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Meredith Arena
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Meredith Arena2018-06-22 12:27:562022-02-09 11:47:49A Bridge West
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Mary Birnbaum
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Mary Birnbaum2018-06-01 10:37:382022-02-09 11:48:22The Mad World
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Meredith Arena
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Meredith Arena2018-05-25 21:55:002022-02-09 11:49:34Medical Freedom
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Jesus Sierra
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Jesus Sierra2018-05-18 09:53:372021-10-04 13:32:38Not So Random Thoughts About Light, Dark and Hope
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Meredith Arena
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Meredith Arena2018-05-11 10:54:562022-02-09 11:51:17Octavia, How do We “Shape Chaos”?
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Nikki San Pedro
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Nikki San Pedro2018-05-04 12:18:472022-02-09 11:50:29Green Card Blues
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Jerry Parent
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Jerry Parent2018-04-27 09:49:492022-02-09 11:53:40Coffee Talk
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Lily Semel
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Lily Semel2018-04-21 12:37:512022-02-09 11:54:15The Ripple Effect
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Noel Ortega
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Noel Ortega2018-04-13 13:00:182021-10-04 13:36:10Transplant
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Nikki San Pedro
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Nikki San Pedro2018-04-07 11:24:572022-02-09 11:55:03Word Vomit: My Sacrifice to the Gods
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Meredith Arena
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Meredith Arena2018-03-30 22:16:122022-02-09 11:55:48Cartographer
