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Carolynn Kingyens

Coupling

I listened to you retell it to our new friends from our new church, the story of how we first met.

Oct 20

Coupling

Oct 20

Break the Mirror in Your Youth

I used to go without a bra once, too: breasts — smooth and shiny as two eggplants under a tank top, under the umbrella — all the boys’…

Oct 20

Break the Mirror in Your Youth

Oct 20

When Familiarity Breeds Contempt: Where Harry and Meghan Went Wrong

I was seven years old when Lady Diana Spencer married Prince Charles Mountbatten-Windsor on July 29, 1981, watching playbacks of their…

Oct 10

When Familiarity Breeds Contempt: Where Harry and Meghan Went Wrong

Oct 10

This short story was first published by Across the Margin, a Brooklyn arts & culture webzine and…

Attachment Theory

Sep 23

This short story was first published by Across the Margin, a Brooklyn arts & culture webzine and…

Sep 23

Published in
ENGAGE

My Twenty-Five Year Experience with Supraventricular Tachycardia

“You’ve ever seen a human heart? It looks like a fist wrapped in blood!” — Larry, from the film Closer

Aug 1

My Twenty-Five Year Experience with Supraventricular Tachycardia

Aug 1

How Avid Music Listening Taught Me the Fundamentals of Poetry

Think of music being the soundtrack to your writing.

Jul 26

How Avid Music Listening Taught Me the Fundamentals of Poetry

Jul 26

Published in
ENGAGE

How Creative Resilience Saved Me

I’ve spent half my life running from my past, and the second half running towards it

Jul 21

Northeast Philly typical “rowhouses” with their red brick walls and white window frames.

Jul 21

The Shock of Shannen Doherty’s Passing: Gone Too Soon

Everybody deserves a second chance in this world. That’s basically all I ask. — Shannen Doherty

Jul 15

The Shock of Shannen Doherty’s Passing: Gone Too Soon

Jul 15

She’s Come Undone: Diane Schuler and the 2009 Taconic State Parkway Crash

Diane Schuler, in my opinion, was a ticking time bomb hiding in plain sight, under the veneer of perfection and reliability. She was always…

Jul 5

She’s Come Undone: Diane Schuler and the 2009 Taconic State Parkway Crash

Jul 5

The Unspeakable Crime That Disturbed The World: The 2012 Murders of Lulu and Leo Krim

I remember waking up on Friday morning — October 26, 2012, feeling like any other day for this stay-at-home mom, who waited ten years to…

May 23

The Unspeakable Crime That Disturbed The World: The 2012 Murders of Lulu and Leo Krim

May 23

Carolynn Kingyens

Carolynn Kingyens

Wife, Mommy, and author of Before the Big Bang Makes a Sound and Coupling; available on Amazon, McNally Jackson, Book Culture, Barnes & Noble.

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