Brianna Avenia-Tapper is a writer and Profiles Editor at Literary Mama. Her work is published or forthcoming in Tahoma Literary Review, Pigeon Pages, Chicago Review of Books, and Riverteeth. She is currently revising her memoir Carrying Heavy Things: Babies, Backpacks, and Bolsheviks. You can find her on twitter @AveniaTapper.
Anna March’s Reading Mixtape will return next week! In the meantime, purchase your ticket to The Rumpus and Rare Bird’s AWP 2016 offsite event, where Anna will be reading alongside Cornelius…
Sometimes we bypass the classic novels on the way to the rich offering of current literary fiction. Fair enough; there is so much to love in today’s fiction. But once…
Great strides, great artists, great desires, great complexity—this week’s books are all about these kinds of greats. They also all showcase exceptional writing and take us far and wide—from elective…
Truth—a higher, bigger truth—is what I want when I read. I want to nod my head in radical understanding. I want to grasp our complex, fragile humanity better. I want…
I’m just back from Iowa, writing about the Democratic Caucus for Salon. You know what will make you think about citizenry? Watching hundreds of working-class union members standing in the…
In both fiction and non-fiction, I love a book that helps us unravel ourselves by illuminating place, a book that transports me from here to there. These six books will…
I love memoirs about difficult times that don’t sugarcoat it, that don’t pretty it up. I love a memoir that finds the beauty—there is such an unbelievable amount of beauty…
Anna March’s Reading Mixtape will return after the holidays. She looks forward to offering you a bevy of reading recommendations in 2016, and wishes you all a very happy and…
Anna March’s Reading Mixtape will return after the holidays. She looks forward to offering you a bevy of reading recommendations in 2016, and wishes you all a very happy and…