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Dorothy Allison on Why Working-Class Literature Is the Strongest

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May 16, 2017
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The novelist and memoirist talks about growing up poor, her ’70s lesbian feminist collective, and meeting her obligations. I found Dorothy Allison’s 1992 novel Bastard Out of Carolina in the late, great Harvard Square bookstore Wordsworth’s when I was thirteen. I didn’t have any friends in eighth grade (shocking, I know), so I would spend my free time walking to…

A Reading List for Mother’s Day

Posted by Emily Perper There is no grand unified theory of motherhood. Within every paradigm–chosen families, queer families, nuclear families, adoptive and foster families, on and on– mothering may vary a million times over. In this Mother’s Day reading list, I’ve attempted a rough chronology, from pregnancy to mourning, concluding…

How is a death mourned after it has gone viral?

May 16, 2017
Juli Min  May 09, 2017 In the summer of 2015, a friend messaged me to say that a woman had been killed by an escalator. It’s graphic, he warned with a frowning emoji, before sending me the file, which showed up on the chat screen next to his smiling avatar. When…
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Looking for God in Messy Places

May 16, 2017
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“Life is messy. And you’ll find God right in the middle of it. That’s the Jesus message.” Jake Owensby, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Louisiana, explores peace, reconciliation, and justice through the lens of his faith. via Looking for God in Messy Places — Discover…
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The Book And The Baby

May 15, 2017
Sarah Menkedick on publishing her first book: “By the time it comes out the intensive period that held and fostered its creation has passed. . . And so to hold this book in my hands also felt like holding my child’s babyhood, and my nascent motherhood, realizing that I have…
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