Pillow Talk: The Day I Put All My Secrets in a Shoe Box and Handed It to Strangers on the Internet

by Sarah Hepola

Welcome to my fake TED Talk.

Ed. note: “Pillow Talk” is a weekly audio riff recorded in bed (with purring cat) and covering whatever topics fall out of Sarah’s mouth in that moment

Personal essays are back. Guess who knows that topic? (See byline.) Guess who’s too busy to flaunt her intel on Twitter? (“Personal-essay expert here.”) So! We…