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The Last Days of Summer

The Last Days of Summer

(Where did the summer go?)

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Roxane Gay
Aug 22, 2024
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An image of a sparkler aflame, with about half of the sparkler left to burn. In the background, blurry lights, yellow and red, and indeterminate shapes.

The last days of summer are always bittersweet and my goodness, this summer feels like it has gone by ridiculously fast. How can it be the end of August already? And with Labor Day so early this year, my semester starts on September 3rd! All my nieces and the school-age nephew have already started school!

I mostly worked this summer like nearly all of u…

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