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Lessons in Poetry, and Life

What I Learned from My Teacher, Audre Lorde

Dec 2 •

Catherine Gigante-Brown

November 2024

To enjoy with Your Thanksgiving leftovers. Both a Friday Link Roundup AND an Open Thread, inviting you to share your favorite new songs of 2024.

Nov 29 •

Big thanks to all of you...

Nov 28 •

This is 66: Debut Filmmaker Ilise Harris Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire

"If you stay in the bubble of your age, and don’t matriculate with younger or older people, you get stuck."

Nov 27 •

Should I Be Home Or Something?

I’m 56, not dead. Why is going out at night now considered a Herculean feat?

Nov 25 •

My Proustian Madeleine Lives in the Vegetable Aisle

The high season of nostalgia. Plus, a Friday Open Thread about the foods that instantly transport us back to holidays past...

Nov 22 •

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How Trump's Second-Term Policies Might Affect Elders and Others

And what we can do about it. An interview with policy expert Callie Freitag.

Nov 21 •

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This is 67: Spiritual Counselor Priscilla Stuckey Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire

"It’s like life is this cosmic compost pile, turning our shit into something beautiful and life-giving. I feel so lucky to live long enough to witness…

Nov 20 •

Ask a Sober Oldster #17: Nick Flynn

"Life was both very dramatic and very boring when I was using. Now that formula has been inverted—life is full of surprise yet free of drama. "

Nov 19 •

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Miles to Go Before We Sleep

David Begler reflects on how an annual wilderness expedition with close college buddies has evolved over 36 years—along with its participants.

Nov 18 •

The Distract-O-Matic at Your Service

An Oldster Magazine Friday link roundup, just when you need it most.

Nov 15 •

Notes On Another New Life #21

Tendency is desire in the form of a question.

Nov 14 •

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