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Maria Smilios’s Biography

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Maria Smilios is a regular contributor to Narratively, and her work has been published or is forthcoming in The Rumpus, Role/Reboot, Literary Mama, Feministing, Killing the Buddha Blog, and The Grub Street Free Press (Print Edition) among others.

She holds an MA from Boston University in Religion & Literature where she was a Henry Luce Scholar and a Presidential Scholar and where she taught Essay & Research writing in the university's Writing Program. In 2007, she left Boston University and mov…

Maria Smilios’s Journalist Portfolio

The Ice Cream Man in the Summer of Sam

The Ice Cream Man in the Summer of Sam

He came shuffling down the sidewalk every afternoon that summer at 4:30, when the sun began to crest above th…

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Journeys of a Psychic Army Spy

Journeys of a Psychic Army Spy

On the morning of May 15, 1987, Paul H. Smith, a robust thirty-four year old captain in the U.S. Army's Psych…

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Beyond the Wishes of the Genie: Remembering Robin Williams

Beyond the Wishes of the Genie: Remembering Robin Williams

Beyond the Wishes of the Genie: Remembering Robin Williams Several weeks ago, Hollywood did what it does best…

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Den of the Dominatrix

Den of the Dominatrix

"Yesterday, a middle-school math teacher asked me to castrate him, and last week an engineer asked me to hang…

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Literary Mama: Girls Don't Drive

Literary Mama: Girls Don't Drive

We went down to the park in the late morning, the time when the sun begins to crest above the Triboro Bridge …

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Firefighters Don't Wear Dresses: When Will Halloween Costumes For Girls Reflect Reality? - Role R...

Firefighters Don't Wear Dresses: When Will Halloween Costumes For Girls Reflect Reality? - Role R...

As a child, I remember time and again imagining myself as being someone or something else. During those seemi…

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What Every NYC Parent Should Know From the Delivery Room to Bringing Baby Home

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By Maja Castillo, Maria Smilios
| New York Family Verified
At a Glance What to ask when choosing a hospital for delivery Why picking a pediatrician before birth makes things easier What really happens in the first days after bringing baby home How to spot and support postpartum mental health Where NYC parents can find support and community early on About 100,000 babies are born in New York City every year. That’s 100,000 families stepping into one of the most profound — and let’s be honest, most terrifying — moments of their lives. The joy is real.
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47 Nonfiction Book Recommendations for International Day of Women & Girls in Science

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By Catherine McNeur, Maria Smilios, Julie Des Jardins, Olivia Campbell
| Substack
Yesterday, I shared a thread of book recommendations over on Bluesky to celebrate International Day of Women & Girls in Science. I thought I’d share the recs here, too, to make it easier to access. This year, it feels particularly important to celebrate this occasion since Trump’s anti-DEI order means the words “women” and “female” will get your research paper flagged by the National Science Foundation and NASA was ordered to remove mentions of “women in leadership” from its website.
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Virago 2024 highlights

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By Mirinae Lee, Maria Smilios
| brnw.ch
We thought 2023 – Virago’s 50th birthday – would be hard to beat, but we’re pleased to say there’s been plenty of cause for celebration this year too.
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