The veil of “cookie-cutter pleasantness” is lifted in Aimee Parkison’s short story collection, “Suburban Death Project.” on suburban America.
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All articles filed in Claire O'Brien
After 15 years as a forensic expert, Claire hung up her crime scene equipment to write. Soon she was leading the copywriting team at a major travel brand. Now, when not obsessing over clients’ headlines from her new home in Costa Rica, she’s pursuing an MFA in creative nonfiction at Queens University of Charlotte, practicing yoga and exploring Latin America with her husband and four rescue dogs.
Claire’s essay “Dead Weight” recently won Hippocampus’ 2020 Creative Nonfiction contest and was also nominated for the 2020 Pushcart Prize. She is currently working on a memoir about her previous career in forensic investigation and human identification. Her writing has appeared in Wanderful, Go Abroad, Matador Network, Represent Collaborative, We See Magazine, Hippocampus Magazine and others.
To Love Something Is to Worry
Mary Laura Philpott’s latest essay collection, “Bomb Shelter,” is a book about loving so much it hurts.
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“Profit and Punishment” Explores the Trickle-Down Effects of Poverty in America’s Criminal Justice System
A review of Tony Messenger’s book, “Profit and Punishment: How America Criminalizes the Poor in the Name of Justice.”
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“The Opioid Epidemic and US Culture” Aims to Expand the Conversation
“The Opioid Epidemic,” edited by Travis D. Stimeling, is a collection of essays expanding the conversation surrounding opioid addiction.
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Environmental Injustice in Rural America
Environmentalist Catherine Coleman Flowers’ recent book “Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret” addresses waste as an issue of racial and environmental justice.
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