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Bailey Merlin


Bailey Merlin
Mar 31, 20245 min read
Can Artists Be Parents and Stay in Love?
If you’d asked me when I was twenty if I wanted kids, I would have told you, “Maybe, not right now.” If you’d asked me when I was...
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Bailey Merlin
Jan 26, 20243 min read
Surviving My First Dry January: Reflections on Sobriety as a Child of an Alcoholic
I’m mourning the loss of my father. To honor his memory, I'm doing Dry January. A month of sobriety shouldn’t be that hard, right? Right?
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Bailey Merlin
Dec 23, 20231 min read
The 2023 Wrap
I’ll say this, 2023 was a banner year.
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Bailey Merlin
Sep 18, 20235 min read
How To Write About Your Dad's Death
My father dies. My father dies, and part of me has been waiting for this moment for years. My whole life?
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Bailey Merlin
Apr 5, 20233 min read
Writing About Your Friends
It’s wild to me that my novel, A Lot of People Live in This House, will be in the world soon and that people will read it. A scarier part...
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Bailey Merlin
Mar 24, 20233 min read
Frankfurt, Day 6
We woke up late again because, apparently, we just aren’t going to adjust to this time difference. Or maybe we are both chronically tired...
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