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A Key to Something
Where therapy meets writing.
Essays and reflections on mindfulness, identity, and the practice of paying attention — from Lex E. Santí, LCSW, and the A Key Therapy team.
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Primum Non Nocere
Letter from the Editor, Spring 2008 originally appeared here at Our Stories Literary Journal I LIVE BY THE LAKE. CAYUGA LAKE. THERE ARE...
Lex Santí
Apr 1, 20085 min read
Perfection is an Illooooosssion
Letter from the Editor, Winter 2008 originally appeared here at Our Stories Literary Journal ”DON’T WORRY ABOUT IT— NOTHINGS PERFECT!”...
Lex Santí
Feb 1, 20084 min read
LIFE ISN'T TOLD IN REVISION
Letter from the Editor, Fall 2007 originally appeared here at Our Stories Literary Journal LIFE ISN'T TOLD IN REVISION. REALLY, IT'S NOT....
Lex Santí
Nov 1, 20075 min read
Unkie Editor
Letter from the Editor, Spring 2007 originally appeared here at Our Stories Literary Journal SOMEWHERE IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD THERE IS a...
Lex Santí
Apr 1, 20076 min read
It Started with a Dead Cat
Letter from the Editor, Winter 2007 originally appeared here at Our Stories Literary Journal I T STARTED WITH A DEAD CAT. THAT'S HOW OUR...
Lex Santí
Feb 1, 20073 min read
Poetry: Cubista Magazine
In December of 2006 I published a series of poems in Cubista Magazine . The works spanned over 7 years of poems which I had written and...
Lex Santí
Dec 1, 20066 min read
Make Yourself Understood
Letter from the Editor, Fall of 2007 originally appeared here at Our Stories Literary Journal SPEAKING ANOTHER LANGUAGE IS A LOT LIKE...
Lex Santí
Nov 1, 20063 min read
Founding of Our Stories
Letter from the Editor, Summer of 2006 originally appeared here at Our Stories Literary Journal There’s something wrong with the system....
Lex Santí
Jun 1, 20063 min read
Poetry: Plum Ruby Review
These poems were the first I ever published. In August of 2004. They were early in my writing career and both came out as bolts as...
Lex Santí
Sep 1, 20042 min read
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