Gina DeMillo Wagner

Love notes from purgatory

How to survive being in limbo, not knowing how (or when) a story will end

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July 2025

This is the world, too

A quick escape to Canada, plus an invitation to "Rewild & Reset" this fall

Jul 23 • 

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May 2025

Notes to Self

on the creative importance of scribbles, voice memos, random notebooks, and having spaces to unravel

May 27 • 

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April 2025

The books that helped me write my book

and some opportunities for us to connect in person this May and June

Apr 22 • 

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March 2025

Severance, Lost, trauma therapy, and reintegration

The work is mysterious and important

Mar 8 • 

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What is a literary salon? (and why you should attend one)

A brief history of creative salons, writing as resistance, plus a few writing prompts

Mar 2 • 

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February 2025

The opposite of a doomscroll

On remembering your dreams, cultivating hope, and making the unconscious conscious

Feb 6 • 

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January 2025

What vegan cheese taught me about memory

By adjusting to the loss of comfort foods, I strengthened my connection to my dead brother.

Jan 21 • 

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December 2024

Proof of Life

I was a really cute baby. But that's not the whole story.

Dec 19, 2024 • 

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November 2024

Travel Tips for the Bereaved

I got the news that my brother died suddenly while I was in the Seattle airport.

Nov 10, 2024 • 

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October 2024

Writing a memoir is not the thing that heals you.

an essay that came from a FAQ

Oct 18, 2024 • 

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Small Acts of Rebellion

On pastries as pleasure and selfishness as self-care

Oct 4, 2024 • 

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