Q&A
Q&A with Jennifer Baker, author of Forgive Me Not
The goal is for you to understand that these Black and Brown children, they’re being put in a really, really bad situation. That’s our system.
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Q&A with Alejandro Varela, author of The People Who Report More Stress
Because my work takes on weightier themes, namely the myth of the American Dream and the stress-induced poor health outcomes caused by social hierarchies, I lean into the humor, as a counterweight.
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Q&A with Nishant Batsha, author of Mother Ocean Father Nation
Desire doesn’t stop just because the world’s falling apart. I think desire becomes even more consuming.
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Q&A with Karen Cheung, author of The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir
The big question for me was: what happens if in 10 years none of this, none of the memories that I hold dear, or the ways that so define the geography of this place for me, exists anymore?
INSIGHT
Looking to the Horizon
We remain dedicated to opening doors for others in the same way that they have been opened for us.
ENUMERATE
Behaving Badly
“I would like to take the opportunity to instead celebrate those less-than-perfect figures who, in their own way, sought to resist assimilation.”
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Slut Lit & Dismantling
“The Fallen Woman”
“Cataloguing stories about pleasure-seeking women can be traced back to my years as a twenty-something...”
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Except, All Of Us
“From Victorian literature to contemporary essays, poetry to pop culture TV shows, the following excerpts illustrate how the seeds for violence are planted, and the deep recesses where they take root.”
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One’s Own
“There are not two Genders, / there is only One gender: / One’s own.”
ENUMERATE
The Black Artist: A Chronology
Most textbooks would have you believe Black history stopped in the 1960’s. That the tragic assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was the infallible marker of progress.
ART
Unrestricted Access: A Collective American Vision
On "Country, Home” and Art That Tells Multiple Stories
ENUMERATE
Far From Home
6 Excerpted Poems on Being a Refugee, an Exile, an Immigrant