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Larissa Phillips

Brooklyn, New York
As seen in: The Free Press, Yahoo News, Substack, Flipboard, NewsBreak, Quillette, The 74, City Farmer News
Founder of Volunteer Literacy Project, structured phonics curriculum teaching reading to adults. Writing @quillette @thefp Also rural life & horses.
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Should I Get a Gun?

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By Larissa Phillips
| The Free Press Verified
“You’re getting killed in the comments!” It’s not a text any writer wants to receive, but I wasn’t surprised. After all, I’d just written a piece that was gently critical of America, and Free Press readers are a patriotic bunch; of course you leapt to your country’s defense. For context: I’m British, I’d just been in an active-shooter situation in Washington, D.C., and I was reflecting on the Second Amendment. “Is it worth it letting civilians have guns?
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Teaching Immigrants the Bill of Rights Original

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By Larissa Phillips
| The Free Press Verified
To all our readers: Happy Independence Day! This week we’ve published a handful of essays about how much we love this country: Nikki Haley wrote about the speech Calvin Coolidge gave on America’s 150th; Rod Dreher explained why he’s moved back here from Europe; and Caitlin Flanagan reflected on loving her country even when it troubles her.
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The Death of the Summer Job

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By Larissa Phillips
| The Free Press Verified
The Death of the Summer Job I was going to toil away my summer vacation on someone else’s clock. It was the normal thing to do. (Wally McNamee/Corbis via Getty Images) When I was a teenager, the end of school meant it was time to get to work. Summers spent busing tables were more transformative than a trip to Europe. Summer was half over, and I still hadn’t found the courage.
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