A Brief Foray into Psychoanalysis

It was just after my 38th birthday that N., a family friend and mentor, suggested psychoanalysis.

Published on Inner Life • Jan 6

October 2025

Notes on a French Scandal

"Sarko! Sarko! Sarko!"

Oct 21, 2025 • Alicia Kenworthy

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What I should have said

(was nothing)

Oct 14, 2025 • Alicia Kenworthy

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September 2025

Two Dark Green Sconces and a Black Dog

Note to Reader: Earlier this summer, when I began timidly dipping my toe into writing about Gaza on this platform, one of my most loyal readers, Jim…

Sep 30, 2025 • Alicia Kenworthy

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August 2025

Who Do You Think Goes to Heaven?

The year I turned 16 my parents and I were staying in a corporate housing hotel in Rosslyn across from Arlington Cemetery on a floor we shared for a…

Aug 18, 2025 • Alicia Kenworthy

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July 2025

I Think I've Seen This Film Before

In Israel-Palestine, Echoes of France's Colonial Past

Jul 1, 2025 • Alicia Kenworthy

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June 2025

May 2025

A Pause and A Quick Note

Hi all,

May 21, 2025 • Alicia Kenworthy

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Palimpsests

Part III of "What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Algeria?"

May 20, 2025 • Alicia Kenworthy

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"To justice, I prefer my mother"?: Re-reading Albert Camus

Part II of "What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Algeria?"

May 15, 2025 • Alicia Kenworthy

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Dreaming Toward France

Part I of "What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Algeria?"

May 13, 2025 • Alicia Kenworthy

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What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Algeria?

A New Essay Series and an Overdue Return

May 6, 2025 • Alicia Kenworthy

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