Author Ana Menéndez creates the history of Apartment 2B, showing the kind of communities we might build if we included those who came before us.
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A True Story of Institutional American Racism: Len Lawson’s “Negro Asylum for the Lunatic Insane”
A review of Len Lawson’s collection of poetry, “Negro Asylum for the Lunatic Insane.”
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The Presence of Absence in Hybrid Memoir “Disequilibria”
A review of “Disequilibria: Meditations on Missingness” by Robert Lunday.
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Wanderlust, Reinvention and Authenticity in “With Hawks and Angels”
Joel Lafayette Fletcher III recounts his adventures finding himself as a gay man in a time when it could get him killed in this memoir.
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Room as Refuge in “Kiss Me in the Coral Lounge”
A review of “Meet Me in the Coral Lounge: Intimate Confessions from a Happy Marriage” by Helen Ellis.
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Home, Lives and Family Bonds Tested by Secrets, Choice and Chance in “Banyan Moon”
Author Thao Thai weaves together the stories of three generations of Vietnamese-American women into this “perfect” summer read with elements of magical realism and Southern Goth.
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Oranges, Tradition, and Survival In “Through the Groves”
Anne Hull’s memoir, “Through the Groves,” is evocative and haunting.
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The Brothers Grimm, but Feminist: Stacy Sivinski’s “Fairy Tales of Appalachia”
A review of Stacy Sivinski’s new book, “Fairy Tales of Appalachia.”
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“Maybe This Is What I Deserve” Delivers Disorienting Flash Fantasy
Tucker Leighty-Phillips’ debut story collection is both nonsensical and fulfilling.
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Conversations on Human and Animal Spirituality in “Coming Into Animal Presence”
John Lane’s latest essay collection, “Coming Into Animal Presence,” explores his career, religion, relationships, and environmentalism.
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