Archive - Sunday Drive

Part 2: I Let Them Have Me When and How They Wanted

Like everything in the realm of the rich, it was simply an exchange.

Jul 6 •

Michelle Polizzi

June 2025

Part 1: The Summer I Posed Nude in a Pawtucket Warehouse

I’d never mistaken how deftly their hands could destroy.

Jun 29 •

Michelle Polizzi

April 2025

How I wrote myself out of poverty (and beyond stereotype)

The truth about making money as a writer

Apr 27 •

Michelle Polizzi

The False Hope of Someday

America's promise isn't for me. I'm OK with that.

Apr 6 •

Michelle Polizzi

March 2025

Confessions of a Dunk Tank Girl

My worst job ever was at a country music festival

Mar 2 •

Michelle Polizzi

February 2025

Leaving Myself Behind

A series about drinking

Feb 9 •

Michelle Polizzi

November 2024

Surviving the Bully Through Self-Belief

When the one in power is the one you know well

Nov 10, 2024 •

Michelle Polizzi

September 2024

The Weight of Worry

A letter I wrote to myself about being more present

Sep 8, 2024 •

Michelle Polizzi

June 2024

Surviving the Age of Cognitive Dissonance

How do we retain our humanity when things are falling apart?

Jun 10, 2024 •

Michelle Polizzi

March 2024

The City of Two Halves

Sicily, my sister, and learning to rebuild

Mar 31, 2024 •

Michelle Polizzi

February 2024

The Other Side of Shame

The cost of keeping secrets and the gift of sharing them

Feb 18, 2024 •

Michelle Polizzi

January 2024

The River That Runs Through Me

Lessons on clarity from a stranger

Jan 14, 2024 •

Michelle Polizzi

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