Maybe it was the carefree, generative environment I’d been immersed in for a couple years as I worked toward an MFA in creative writing. Or maybe, as I reached my mid-30s, I simply stopped caring ...

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My parents named me after traditional family names. A first-grade teacher changed my name so it'd be easier to say in English. I still go by that name because it's now part of my identity. Whenever I ...

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Growing up in Massachusetts, I never had a major problem with my first name, but I always wanted to spell it differently. Karen struck me as neither interesting nor creative or unique, so I wanted to ...

My name is fairly common but the spelling isn't what you'd expect. It's always caused issues for me. I decided to give my kids names that are nearly impossible to misspell. My name is Bethaney. Not ...