Comic artist Gene Luen Yang talks with Chapter 16 about getting graphic in school
…talking about present-day situations by talking about historical or fictional parallels. Discussing current situations can sometimes get too emotional. We’re too close to see clearly. Maybe the Boxer Rebellion (and…
In Karen Salyer McElmurray’s Wanting Radiance, a daughter searches for her own buried origins
…if I was into such things,” this visceral experience carries power that she cannot deny. Ruby’s voice has returned to guide her, complicating Miracelle’s solo life. Sometimes that guidance is…
Say Nothing weaves the unsolved case of a disappeared Belfast mother into a history of the Troubles
…in a place contorted by generations of discrimination and bloodshed, ordinary people can come to believe that violence is a moral imperative — an idea reinforced by ritual and pageantry….
Susan Choi sets her novel Trust Exercise at the intersection of fact and fiction
…CAPA, the first-year Theatre Arts students studied Stagecraft, Shakespeare, the Sight-Reading of music, and, in their acting class, Trust Exercises, all terms they were taught should be capitalized as befitted…
Shuly Xóchitl Cawood mines the nuances of daily life in A Small Thing to Want
In A Small Thing to Want, a collection of short stories by Johnson City writer Shuly Xóchitl Cawood, the most vital moments are often the most private. Cawood’s stories occupy…
Alia Volz pays tribute to her mother’s enterprising marijuana brownie business in Home Baked
…relief from devastating symptoms when conventional medicine offered few options. Stories like Meridy’s place the rapidly evolving legal and cultural status of all cannabis-related products into fascinating perspective. “The AIDS…
