Free Range Kid
Conversing with aloneness
Thanksgiving rolled around a month or so ago — it must be like a wheel since it seems to roll around [...]
Pity the rhetorical question
Dear readers: I’m a rhetorical question, and I’ve hit upon a bit of a crisis. Why do I exist? If you [...]
A note from the late Krissy perf.
Hey guys! My name is Krissy, and I’d like to welcome you to The Lodge, this wooden cabin you’ve just bought. [...]
Let success be success
I’ve recently had some success in my professional life, but when I share the details I always feel sheepish. I’m the [...]
The making of the unreasonable actor
I come from a reasonable family. Until recently, this would have been the kind of comforting remark I could say in [...]
Among Satanic servers
My name is Mehghaen (silent H, silent E), and I infiltrated the ranks of Tutti Frutti, the Los Angeles juice and [...]
The Martian Jew
A couple of months ago I found myself at a Passover table in Los Angeles feeling entirely out of place. It [...]
Reckoning with mistakes
Last week I took the stage with my partner as part of an acting class exercise. Everything went wrong. It was [...]
The confidence drama
A few weeks ago, my acting teacher handed me a scene in which a married woman and her lover were scheming [...]
My 21st-century genetic confession
Columnist Nora Saravalle takes a trendy leap and has her DNA tested. And fastidiousness wins by a nose.
The anxiety of being a device
Columnist Nora Saravalle recently stumbled on group therapy notes, and they told a story few ever hear.
Growing into dictatorship
Among life's most universal human experiences is to hear the older tell the younger about the pitfalls that lie ahead. It's [...]
“Free-Range Kid” Author

Eleonora Saravalle
Milan-born Eleonora Saravalle recently graduated from Brown and is an aspiring writer and actress based in Los Angeles.