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Unspoken Prayers

…blood and proximity. Called “incantatory” by Lauren Groff, who judged it as the winner of the C. Michael Curtis Short Story Book Prize, Sleepovers is a transcendent tapestry of stories….

Making Sunshine, Nurturing Change

…to Ramona Quimby more than once. Does that have any special meaning to you? As a child, did you read Beverly Cleary’s books? Renée Watson: Yes, I grew up reading…

Fascinated, Not Afraid

…deeply personal and highly readable essay collection. Snake, much like the titular creature itself, takes many shapes, shifting fluidly from memoir to pop-culture criticism to academic insight. One of its…

Rejoice in the Complexity

…storm of history.” The destabilizing effects of climate crisis feature prominently in Vesper Flights. Losses of habit and biodiversity are disastrous for nearly every species that Macdonald describes. Yet she…

American Crow to Great White Shark

Have you ever watched dragonflies skim across an algae-choked pond and wondered what they are seeking, how many different kinds there are, and what they were like as babies? Or,…

Seeing Other Possibilities

…to do with your own family history? Why the importance of female bonds in particular? Alvarez: Yes, I am from a family of all girls. It also has to do…

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