Each of these stories braid extensive grit, disempowerment, Black women, erasure, ancestry, and the medical community into a seamless whole.
INTERVIEW: Cassandra Jackson, Author of The Wreck & Jasmine Brown, Author of Twice As Hard
Category: May-June 2023
INTERVIEW: Morgan Baker, Author of Emptying the Nest: Getting Better at Goodbyes
Finding your voice comes with self-confidence and experience. I don’t think this is what I sounded like a long time ago.
REVIEW: Small Off Things: Meditations from an Anxious Mind by Suzanne Farrell Smith
In lyrical prose, the collection of brief essays examines subjects both commonplace and profound.
REVIEW: Growth: A Mother, Her Son, and the Brain Tumor They Survived by Karen DeBonis
The memoir chronicles a mother’s transformational change as she advocates for her child through chronic illness.
REVIEW: The In-Betweens by Davon Loeb
The memoir is a beautiful and at times devastating account of the author’s coming of age as a mixed-race person.
REVIEW: Mailer at 100: Conversations, Correlations, Confrontations by Robert J. Beigiebing
Written to mark Norman Mailer’s centenary, the book offers insights into the literary icon’s craft, inventively and entertainingly told.
WRITING LIFE: 9 Steps to Reach Your Dream Pubs by Tamara MC
Read. Read. Read. Write. Write. Write. Pitch. Pitch. Pitch. Wait. Wait. Wait. Then, repeat.
