The Aesthetics of Safety
I find beauty in being protected from danger.
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...moreThere was nothing in the world I had ever needed to do quite like dance.
...moreThere is an admiration, here, of the transitory soul.
...moreIt’s exhausting, I realize, to constantly convince myself that I matter.
...moreEnjoy a cozy evening at home… and another one… and another one.
...moreMolly Spencer shares a reading list to celebrate HINGE.
...moreMrs. Rogers was angry. She was very angry.
...moreIt was a new world; it was the same world.
...moreYou could say that I have trained for this pandemic all my life.
...moreMy work starts before you even enter the Zoom room.
...moreI won’t say I brought this on myself, but I wrote it. I wrote it myself.
...moreIn this collection, women are “vesseled,” carrying the burdens of our culture.
...moreGrief sneaks up on you, and so does this book.
...moreMary South discusses her debut story collection, YOU WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN.
...moreIndie bookstore news from across the country and around the world!
...moreA Black boy, no matter how young, was not a child. He was a future criminal.
...more“Hopefully, the takeaway is the journey.”
...moreThere’s no eye contact, no touch, no damp embraces.
...moreWe will not let this continue
...moreTed O’Connell discusses his first book, K: A NOVEL.
...moreJulian K. Jarboe discusses EVERYONE ON THE MOON IS ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL.
...moreAriel Francisco discusses his new poetry collection, A SINKING SHIP IS STILL A SHIP.
...moreCooper Lee Bombardier discusses his first book, PASS WITH CARE: MEMOIRS.
...moreTracy O’Neill discusses her new novel QUOTIENTS.
...moreIndie bookstore news from across the country and around the world!
...moreCynthia Newberry Martin interviews her mentor, Pam Houston.
...morePaul Lisicky discusses his new memoir, LATER: MY LIFE AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD.
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