personal history

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During our conversation via video after a New York show, I’d ask one question, then follow Nihill as he ambled through his personal history.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

Doesn’t she have a kind of tangled personal history and reasons not to maybe want to have this American oversight?

From Slate • Jan. 5, 2026

It’s too late to rewrite your personal history, but you can change the final chapters.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 2, 2025

"There's a personal history of messages that I don't want to lose, as well as work-related communication," she said of WhatsApp.

From Barron's • Nov. 29, 2025

I had figured that out days ago thinking that it wasn’t a part of my personal history I should hesitate over if someone asked.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler