First, Brandon Hicks unveils a triptych of “Quick-Takes” illustrating his irreverent views on nature, famous trees, and the rapture.
Then, in the Saturday Essay, Ashley Inguanta mourns for her best friend who passed away years ago. The two of them met as children and grew up together in a small town, sharing in the milestones of adolescence. Inguanta revisits her childhood home, wielding place as a tool to dredge up the intimacy of the past: “I write because I don’t know what else to do.”
Meanwhile, novelist Ravi Howard talks to Amina Gautier in the Sunday Interview. Howard explains his process in creating the novels, Like Trees, Walking and Driving the King. The stories feature narrators from families of morticians and taxi cab drivers, respectively. Historical time periods informed both works, Howard says, as did “writing from a space of discomfort.”
Finally, Sunday Editor Zoe Zolbrod shares links from around the web that might offer us something else to think about than the ongoing election primaries.
