Research has shown there’s a hereditary component to trauma—its effects can be passed down in utero, etched into our DNA. When I first came across … Read More
Poet Charif Shanahan’s work has garnered an impressive list of accolades. His first collection, Into Each Room We Enter Without Knowing, was selected by Allison … Read More
No book has influenced how I approach book reviews more than Craft in the Real World by Matthew Salesses. The book challenges the lens many … Read More
Short stories demand more of the reader (and writer) than a novel, which is why I’ve long preferred the latter. Novels are more forgiving, their … Read More
While award-winning creative flutist, composer, and bandleader Nicole Mitchell Gantt is no longer based in Chicago, she has certainly left a legacy. She was the … Read More
I’ve long been fascinated by the composition of our lives—how pains and traumas, tiny joys, and mundane moments collide with others’ experiences and are set … Read More
One of my favorite things about reading fiction is that it allows us to study contradictions within people: How we appear to someone who doesn’t … Read More
