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  • A white woman with short, brown hair gazes at the camera. She wears bright red lipstick, dangly silver earrings, and a black turtleneck sweater. The background is a white wall with yellow and pink tulips painted on it.
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    In Toothpaste, the essayist learns to live with PTSD as a result of illness, surgeries, and medical malpractice.