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Allison Gustavson

Allison Gustavson

To Speak or Not to Speak

Using words to help decide when words are necessary.

10 min readApr 5, 2022

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To Speak or Not to Speak

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Allison Gustavson

The Death Book

What do my 101-year-old Grandpa’s instructions for his death reveal about the world he occupied and the one we are left to reckon with?

9 min readAug 25, 2021

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Allison Gustavson
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An Idea (by Ingenious Piece)

The Joy of “Ex-”

Orienting ourselves within this “interregnum.”

6 min readNov 11, 2020

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The Joy of “Ex-”

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Allison Gustavson

Trump Hospital: The Art of the Heal

An infectious diseases physician grapples with the implications and personal risks of an increasingly politicized pandemic.

7 min readOct 20, 2020

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Trump Hospital: The Art of the Heal

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Allison Gustavson
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An Idea (by Ingenious Piece)

Look Again.

We all woke up today to news of the positive tests. Even in those first few moments as we took in this revelation, the kaleidoscope of…

10 min readOct 2, 2020

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Look Again.

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Allison Gustavson
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An Idea (by Ingenious Piece)

Under the Second Tower

This story was first published on 9/11/2016 in Off-Guardian magazine.

18 min readSep 11, 2020

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Under the Second Tower

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Allison Gustavson
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An Idea (by Ingenious Piece)

A Fungus Among Us

“The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time to plant a tree is now.” — Chinese proverb

10 min readSep 4, 2020

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A Fungus Among Us

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Allison Gustavson

Without Our Stage Makeup

The Queen of Not-As-Nice-As-We-Thought

7 min readAug 17, 2020

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Without Our Stage Makeup

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Allison Gustavson

Only You

On Monday, a wildfire burned through fifty acres and required more than seven hundred homes to be evacuated in our small mountain town…

7 min readJul 17, 2020

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Allison Gustavson
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An Idea (by Ingenious Piece)

A Summons

“Momma! Momma, I’m through!”

8 min readJul 2, 2020

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A Summons

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Allison Gustavson

Allison Gustavson

> teacher > mom > writer > activist organizer > candidate for state rep in coastal Massachusetts > TBD in Colorado foothills >

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