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TaraShea Nesbit

TaraShea Nesbit is an American novelist and essayist. Her second novel, Beheld, was a 2020 New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Her first novel, The Wives of Los Alamos, was a finalist for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize and a New York Times Editors’ Choice. Her essays have been featured in the New York Times, Literary Hub, the Guardian and elsewhere.

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Essays & Memoir | Issue 162

Essays & Memoir | Issue 162

The Last Place We Were Happy

TaraShea Nesbit

‘Our daughter had been born one month early, unbreathing. My husband and I drove to the last place we were happy.’

Memoir by TaraShea Nesbit.

Essays & Memoir | Issue 144

Essays & Memoir | Issue 144

See What You Do to Me

TaraShea Nesbit

‘My intention was to protect myself, and not to have to go back on my word.’