How the Fuck Did I Get Here?

How the Fuck Did I Get Here?

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The First Heartbreak
A poem I wrote when I was 15
Jan 4 • Alisa Sieber
I Was in Hell While Living a Fairytale
Over flat wine from France, I could finally be honest with my husband about the fairytale life I'd been performing. About the castle where I felt…
Nov 1, 2025 • Alisa Sieber
I Did Something Bad
A visceral autofiction prologue about the American Dream, desire, self-betrayal, and the moment before everything finally breaks open.
Aug 5, 2021 • Alisa Sieber
I Built Myself to Be Wanted
What happens when desirability becomes your survival strategy.
Feb 24, 2003 • Alisa Sieber
I’m the Bitch, Eh?
A fourteen-year-old tries to solve heartbreak like a crime scene.
Feb 16, 2002 • Alisa Sieber
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