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mothers and sons

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Trauma as Inheritance: Adam P. Frankel’s The Survivors

  • Diane Gottlieb
  • August 5, 2020
The survivor is left to ponder whom he has become.
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Cultural Attunement and “Otherness”: A Conversation with Aimee Liu

  • Colette Sartor
  • July 22, 2020
Aimee Liu discusses her new novel, GLORIOUS BOY.
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Arrest Record

  • Desiree Cooper
  • June 22, 2020
A Black boy, no matter how young, was not a child. He was a future criminal.
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Father Time Is Undefeated

  • Chris Ames
  • February 25, 2020
It’s a strange thing, seeing a reliable machine fail. Seeing a hero crash to earth.
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“Close to You”: A Family’s Love, Depression, and Grief

  • Josiah Nelson
  • January 9, 2020
In my hands is the record of my youth.
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Strip District Meats

  • Sheila Squillante
  • December 2, 2019
Already, at nine, my son knows that eating makes me happy.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Call It Courage”

  • Colin Hamilton
  • November 4, 2019
She was living in little shack balanced among the branches of a tree.
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A Modern-Day Witch: Talking Augusten Burroughs

  • Haley Sherif
  • October 16, 2019
Augusten Burroughs discusses his new memoir, TOIL & TROUBLE.
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Doesn’t It Keep You Up at Night?

  • Joe Nasta
  • October 9, 2019
The dark holds me as long as I will let it.
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We’re All Fighting: A Conversation with Saeed Jones

  • Naya Clark
  • October 7, 2019
Saeed Jones discusses his new memoir, HOW WE FIGHT FOR OUR LIVES.
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The Language of Grief: Where Reasons End by Yiyun Li

  • Kemi Falodun
  • August 21, 2019
To grieve is to demonstrate dedication to those we love.
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Beginning Again: Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

  • Jennifer Huang
  • August 14, 2019
For Little Dog, putting language to memory becomes a way to survive.
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