Features & Reviews
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“Why Are You Still Resisting?”: On M.M. Olivas’s Sundown in San Ojuela
Olivas’s novel is a gross-as-hell ghost story and a razor-sharp vision of the present moment, a multi-narrator rollercoaster you’ll binge like your favorite television show.
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The Light Realm, the Dark Realm, and Everything in the Middle: A Conversation with Hyeseung Song
People have to give themselves more grace. It takes effort to do what we are doing.
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Through the Y2K Looking Glass: A Conversation with Kristen Felicetti
I think as a reader, you can make the mental connection between the internet then and now and how much things have changed.
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Getting the Last Laugh: Alexei Navalny’s Patriot
Navalny’s tragicomic memoir, which one might also categorize as his last call to action, accomplishes the feat of keeping the reader so ensconced that they forget the person capturing every ounce of their attention, intellect, and sympathy is no longer…
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A Productive Tension Between Grief and Beauty: A Conversation with Emily Jungmin Yoon
I think as a poet overall, I’ve come to really picture specific people when I write, regardless of what the poem is about.
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My Therapist Prescribed Me Dedicated Poetry Practice: A Conversation with Delilah McCrea
Being trans demands, for me, that I deconstruct that constructed world, and that opens up to a more magical one.
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Moving the Dialogue Forward: Jerald Walker’s Magically Black and Other Essays
Idiosyncratic and smart, MAGICALLY BLACK moves the dialog forward.
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A Good Question is a Risk: A Conversation with Emmalea Russo
Art doesn’t have an obligation to comfort, affirm, make us feel fuzzy. The question is, how do we respond and react?
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Books as Compasses for a Meaningful Life: Interview with Glory Edim
It’s important to provide perspective—that life is long and complicated, filled with moments of joy, triumph, and everything in between.
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Life with a Rabbit in the Shadow of Death: A Review of Melanie Cheng’s The Burrow
Though the pandemic may now feel relatively distant, its reminder of how quickly catastrophe can become an everyday fact of life persists.
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“I Think Everything Can Be Funny”: A Conversation with Youngmi Mayer
Word economy is, basically, the skill that you have to really hone to become a successful stand-up comedian.
