The Believer Magazine
Big Mom on Campus: Raising Two Kids in a College Dorm
2012 Grand Prize Column Contest Winner
Taylor Harris enrolled at Thomas Jefferson’s university (as a Black, non-slave) eleven years ago. In 2005, she grabbed her diploma, along with a suitable mate, and left for Washington, D.C. Now she’s back at UVA—with her professor husband, two young kids, and a minivan. For the next year, she and her family will live in a college dorm and interact with students (on purpose).
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September 3, 2013Big Mom on Campus: Raising Two Kids in a College Dorm: Life, As Is
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August 15, 2013Big Mom on Campus: Raising Two Kids in a College Dorm: Sweet Peaches and Grief
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July 24, 2013Big Mom on Campus: Raising Two Kids in a College Dorm: When Paxil Lost Its Wings
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July 8, 2013Big Mom on Campus: Raising Two Kids in a College Dorm: When Life Gives You Poop
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June 10, 2013Big Mom on Campus: Raising Two Kids in a College Dorm: There’s a Best Western-Shaped Hole in My Heart
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May 23, 2013Big Mom on Campus: Raising Two Kids in a College Dorm: Final Exercises
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May 2, 2013Big Mom on Campus: Raising Two Kids in a College Dorm: The Black Alumni Brood
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April 15, 2013Big Mom on Campus: Raising Two Kids in a College Dorm: Thirty is the New Fifty
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March 25, 2013Big Mom on Campus: Raising Two Kids in a College Dorm: Do They Still Sell Earplugs at the Student Bookstore?
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March 6, 2013Big Mom on Campus: Raising Two Kids in a College Dorm: When Race Matters, Part Two
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February 13, 2013Big Mom on Campus: Raising Two Kids in a College Dorm: When Race Matters, Part One
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January 25, 2013Big Mom on Campus: Raising Two Kids in a College Dorm: Hush: The Power of Hiding Like an Introvert
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