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Turning the Lights On

  • Tyler Anne Whichard
  • December 8, 2021
I feel guilt in the not good enough I carry alongside the not bad enough.
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On Ghosting

  • Aidan Forster
  • November 9, 2021
To ghost, to refuse, to satisfy yourself with yourself, felt impossibly newfangled, like something I’d like to try.
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Reclaiming the Roots of Self-Care: A Conversation with Nneka M. Okona

  • Celeste Chan
  • October 11, 2021
Nneka M. Okona discusses her new book, SELF-CARE FOR GRIEF.
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Performing Violence: A Conversation with Jocelyn Nicole Johnson

  • Barrett Bowlin
  • October 6, 2021
Jocelyn Nicole Johnson discusses her debut story collection, MY MONTICELLO.
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Trying to See a Future: Talking with Beth Gilstrap

  • Kate Finegan
  • October 4, 2021
Beth Gilstrap discusses her new story collection, DEADHEADING.
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Before the First Book: A Roundtable Discussion

  • Patrycja Humienik
  • May 27, 2021
With Gabrielle Bates, I.S. Jones, and Erin Marie Lynch.
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Writing Hurricanes and Conjuring Ghosts: A Conversation with J. Nicole Jones

  • Beth Ward
  • May 14, 2021
J. Nicole Jones discusses her debut memoir, LOW COUNTRY.
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Exorcising Whiteness: Khalisa Rae’s Ghost in a Black Girl’s Throat

  • Nicole Shawan Junior
  • May 7, 2021
Rae presents America as seen through Black girls’ eyes, experienced by our bodies.
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Carrying the Stories of Our Ancestors: A Conversation with Anjali Enjeti

  • Priya Jain
  • May 5, 2021
Anjali Enjeti discusses SOUTHBOUND and THE PARTED EARTH.
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On Resilience, Tender Rituals, and Responsible Love: Talking with Kiese Laymon

  • April Blevins Pejic
  • March 15, 2021
Kiese Laymon discusses the revised HOW TO SLOWLY KILL YOURSELF AND OTHERS IN AMERICA.
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If My Body Were a House

  • Emrys Donaldson
  • February 8, 2021
Where my masculinity dwells, I am in control.
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Asking the Right Questions: Yaa Gyasi’s Transcendent Kingdom

  • Janet Rodriguez
  • February 3, 2021
Transcendent Kingdom becomes an experiment in itself.
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