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Power in the Word

…people to write and connect writing to purpose.” Carmen Ridley Being young can already feel isolating, frightening, and uncertain on any given day. Add a pandemic and heightened awareness of…

You’re Gonna Talk about This Chicken

…of women.” So this one Sunday morning back sometime before most of us were born, Thornton Prince III came in from a long night of catting around, and he told…

Violence, love, and animals

…society that lauds motherhood also destroys natural mother-love. Is that a fair reading? Colin Dayan: Does that same racist patriarchal society that lauds motherhood also destroy natural mother-love? I think…

The Bard of Memphis

Camel’s sexual prowess can grow tiring, yet the novel’s love story — between Camel and Allen, a “witchy and willowy” sculptor — is surprisingly moving. The book’s voice is conversational

Write Like I’m Hungry

…While Parton’s methods may be “instinctive and emotional, not theoretical,” Hamessley believes that “musical analysis identifies and clarifies her intuitive musical choices.” In spite of her emphasis on the technical

“You, Reader”

…reader, hidden behind a spray of night-blooming, drift in and out of scattered clouds above lighthouses producing their artificial calm, just to sweep a chalk of light over distant waters….

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