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Q: Who Qualifies As An Oldster? A: Everyone. Here's Why...
Oldster Magazine is not like other aging-related media. A word about how and why I'm exploring what it means to travel through time in a human body—*at…
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The Woman Who Is Afraid to Learn New Things
Do you, too, suffer from "sophophobia"? My very first comic strip, and an Oldster Magazine Friday open thread...
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This is 72: Dr. Susan Landers Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
"I’ve exercised my mind in so many different ways since retirement, and both of my parents were sharp until their deaths at ages 94 and 97."
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This is 54: Author Elizabeth Gilbert Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
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How to Lengthen Your Life
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Monster-in-Residency
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Fifty-five and Still a Nomad
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This is 52: Neko Case Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
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This is 86-and-a-Half: Eve France Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
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I Don't Know Why #1
"I still shave my legs and I don’t know why." The first installment of a new occasional Oldster Magazine column by bestselling novelist Laura Lippman.
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The Latest Links...
An Oldster Magazine Friday roundup.
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This is 47: Author and Climate Writer Emily Raboteau Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
"I was born in 1976. The amount of carbon in the atmosphere then was 332 parts per million. Today it’s 421.55ppm."
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Ask a Sober Oldster #11: Author Jerry Stahl
"In my old age, I have come to realize that everybody on the planet is recovering from something."
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The Last Lecture
Shawn Assael talks to his retirement-resistant 88-year-old dad about what it means to stop working.
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How to Be a Good Grandparent
A first-timer's guide, in collaboration with Claire Zulkey's "Evil Witches" newsletter. Plus an open thread about your experiences as a first-time…
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Notes On Another New Life #14
Pressing the Pause Button
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This is 52: Author Griffin Hansbury Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
"I am not yet in the 'I don’t give a shit what anyone thinks' stage of life, but I can see it coming. And I look forward to it."
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Hope? Ha Ha Ha Ha...
In her early 80s, Abigail Thomas has her doubts about the future of humanity and life after death.
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This is 54: Cheryl Strayed Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
"Fifty-four years of living has taught me that I can persist through the hard times—and also that hard times pass."
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The Art of Healing
Stumbling upon some paintings she made 16 years ago while being treated for cancer, Viney Kirpal is reminded of the meditative power of art-making, and…
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Letter to My Younger Self #3: About What Happened in Chinatown
Lani V. Cox addresses her 16-year-old self, a girl who underwent plastic surgery at her mother's urging and emerged determined to never let others…
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This is 68: Celeste Lecesne Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
"Ever since I was a child, I had a sense that my life would really take off when I was in my 60s. And this has turned out to be true."
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Keeping My Promise to Popo
As Anne Liu Kellor says goodbye to her Chinese grandmother in the hospital, she taps into buried memories and family trauma.
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This is 71: Art Critic Jerry Saltz Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
"On the inside I feel the exact same as I did when I was like 45, so outside I act that way."
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This is 92: Hilma Wolitzer Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
"I loved being young, and I don’t terribly mind being an old woman, but I refuse to be an old girl—someone who’s coy about her age."
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This is 52: Rashunda Tramble Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
"I’m blessed to have grown up with women who didn’t have to scream that they were old, beautiful, and proud because it was a given."
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In Conversation: Neko Case and Jacinta Bunnell
Listen in as they discuss old friendships, getting older, cloth adult diapers, Oldster Magazine, and more...
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Burning it Down
After shearing off her dyed hair and growing it out silver, Joy Castro considers the thrill and terror that come with setting oneself free.
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This is 50: Deesha Philyaw Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
"For years, like well into my 30s, I used to think, 'Wasn’t I just 13? Why am I responsible for these children???'
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