I Don’t Sing to Be Heard, I Do It to Keep On: An interview with Ashanti Anderson
“It is impossible to be at peace without understanding.”
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...moreChoose, the specter points in opposite directions.
...more[T]his is a book in direct conversation with literary tradition.
...moreWOMEN OF RESISTANCE recognizes this reality with fierce compassion, and a lot of really fine poetry.
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...moreThe most important idea within the book is that our anger, in all its shapes, is justified.
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...moreSimone John’s first full-length collection of poems, Testify, is a remarkable exercise in documentary poetics.
...moreAngie Thomas discusses her debut novel, The Hate U Give, landing an agent on Twitter, and why she trusts teenagers more than the publishing industry.
...moreI’m thinking about the difference between “I stay somewhere” and “I live somewhere.”
...moreRomance novels can’t erase the past, and the present. Chapter by chapter, they do strive toward agency.
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