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Allison Gustavson

To Speak or Not to Speak

Using words to help decide when words are necessary.

Apr 5, 2022

To Speak or Not to Speak

Apr 5, 2022

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?

Aug 25, 2021

Aug 25, 2021

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The Joy of “Ex-”

Orienting ourselves within this “interregnum.”

Nov 11, 2020

The Joy of “Ex-”

Nov 11, 2020

Trump Hospital: The Art of the Heal

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

Oct 20, 2020

Trump Hospital: The Art of the Heal

Oct 20, 2020

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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…

Oct 2, 2020

Look Again.

Oct 2, 2020

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Under the Second Tower

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

Sep 11, 2020

Under the Second Tower

Sep 11, 2020

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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

Sep 4, 2020

A Fungus Among Us

Sep 4, 2020

Without Our Stage Makeup

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

Aug 17, 2020

Without Our Stage Makeup

Aug 17, 2020

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…

Jul 17, 2020

Only You

Jul 17, 2020

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A Summons

“Momma! Momma, I’m through!”

Jul 2, 2020

A Summons

Jul 2, 2020

Allison Gustavson

Allison Gustavson

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

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