Liminal Spaces of the Sacred and Profane: Alina Stefanescu’s “My Heresies”

Alina Stefanescu’s new collection of poetry, “My Heresies,” is an entirely new feminist text in its own right. Observant, angry, and questioning, Stefanescu’s poems guide readers through the liminal spaces where the sacred and the profane collide.

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“Sinners:” A Feast for the Eyes and Ears, A Feat of Storytelling

A review of the film “Sinners,” written and directed by Ryan Coogler.

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The Poems in “All Is The Telling” Ask: “What’s burned into my DNA?”

Rosa Castellano’s All in the Telling provides one of the most thought-provoking explorations of biracial life in recent memory.

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Beginnings Aren’t Blank Canvases and neither Are Families in “The Bright Years”

A review of “The Bright Years” by Sarah Damoff.

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The Art of Fulfilling Insatiable Appetites: Lucy Rose’s “The Lamb”

Originally written as a series of interconnected flash fiction pieces, Lucy Rose’s “The Lamb” is a folk horror novel at its sinister heart.

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New Play Pays Tribute to Marie Laveau

A review of Carolyn Nur Wistrand’s play, “She Danced with a Redfish.”

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Atlanta is Haven for Queer Black Culture and “Baptism by Fire” in “Fantasies of Future Things”

The codes of masculinity, gay or straight, play an important role in “Fantasies,” which draws upon moments of historical change to reveal the precarious position of the Black gay male at the turn of the century.

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“The Essential C.D. Wright”: A Labor of Love

A review of “The Essential C.D. Wright,” a collection of excerpted works by C.D. Wright, edited by Forrest Gander and Michael Wiegers.

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