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Jeff Namian

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The Conservatory

The Conservatory (Excerpt from Occupational Studies by Jeff Namian) The most intense atmosphere I experienced in higher ed wasn’t in a college. It was in a world famous conservatory. At the time, I was comfortable at a nursing school with a mean Dean. This conservatory recruited me hard core every single day. Upping the salary faster than the NASDAQ and conceding on just about every demand I could think of to deter them. Finally I gave in. The most regrettable mistake I ever made. They claimed to embrace change. They said they wanted to re...

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The Starving Armenians

Weekly Contest #299

CW: Historical trauma, mention of genocideThe Starving ArmeniansBy Jeff NamianEllis Island, 1915There’s not a date one can pinpoint for the arrival of my Grandpa George, his brother and my Great Uncle Sam and sisters Anoush, Sarah, Bodgy and their mother Unna. Less is known about family members left behind, or how they were fortunate enough to escaped a genocide when one and a half million Armenians did not. What did they witness during the genocide? They refused to ever discuss it.In 2021, President Biden stated the Ottoman Empire’s slaught...

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Dead Andy

Weekly Contest #272

During my tenure in Manhattan, I lived in just three different apartments. Most other people caravan around the island like nomads. There’s always a moving van blocking traffic close to the first of the month. Then there’s the ambulance chasers on the lookout for new digs. These opportunists stalk ambulances that pick up (usually) elderly people, then ask onlookers which building the person lived in and specifically which apartment. It’s morally disgusting but it happens all the time. When I moved out of one of my apartments, the d...

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The Shortest Engagement

Weekly Contest #237

The Shortest Engagement It was a Thursday afternoon. Janet opened the front door of her parent’s house where she still lived after graduating high school. She couldn’t believe who she was looking at. Allen.  They were childhood sweethearts who met when Allen flunked and had to repeat the third grade. Since they were born a year apart, his academic faux pas ignited their spark. They played together after school. During school, Janet sat to the left of Allen for nine years to make sure he graduated with her. Once...

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