Voices on Addiction: Thief in the Night
Addiction steals your integrity. Your freedom, too.
...moreAddiction steals your integrity. Your freedom, too.
...moreIn deep grief, we rotate inside of a funhouse.
...moreTranscendent Kingdom becomes an experiment in itself.
...moreBefore they were married, they met in a photograph.
...moreSulaiman Addonia discusses his new novel, SILENCE IS MY MOTHER TONGUE.
...moreThere is no finality to this grief. Only a series of losses, compounded.
...moreLauren J. Sharkey discusses her debut novel, INCONVENIENT DAUGHTER.
...moreAnything we write now is a primary source.
...moreEmpathy and forgiveness must begin with understanding.
...moreBrit Bennett discusses her second novel, THE VANISHING HALF.
...moreI’m saying people can be imperfect and still be remembered as beautiful.
...moreSuzanne Farrell Smith discusses her debut memoir, THE MEMORY SESSIONS.
...moreMy defensiveness has never been what’s saved me.
...more“I like to engage with and argue with the research; this makes the work dynamic.”
...moreC Pam Zhang discusses her debut novel, HOW MUCH OF THESE HILLS IS GOLD.
...moreThe rage and frustration overwhelmed all rational thought.
...moreI want to respond from my heart—not my anger, my judgment, my desire.
...moreTurn the corner, let the darkness swallow you, and you’re in the stacks.
...moreThere’s a collective guilt. So, our parents buy us friends.
...moreIt’s a strange thing, seeing a reliable machine fail. Seeing a hero crash to earth.
...moreErin Pringle discusses her debut novel, HEZADA! I MISS YOU.
...moreWhen I imagine his days, the loneliness of it all makes my chest tighten.
...moreCameron Awkward-Rich discusses his new collection, DISPATCH.
...moreAs it turned out, though, it was he who would surprise me that evening.
...moreI imagine Lady Justice’s fingers tipping the scales: Rose to leave, and me to sleep.
...moreFor her twenty-first birthday, Kiều’s younger siblings set fire to her bed.
...moreWe sleep and we pretend to sleep. We wait for the day to turn into night.
...more“Trust that if you want to write that much it will find a way out of you.”
...moreMarin Sardy discusses her debut memoir, THE EDGE OF EVERY DAY: SKETCHES OF SCHIZOPHRENIA.
...moreUntil it is awkward. Until it is disturbing. Until she cracks.
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