A Memoir of Race, Inheritance, and Intergenerational Healing” – Chicago Review of Books

A Memoir of Race, Inheritance, and Intergenerational Healing” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] 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 the research, I thought about this country’s horrific history of genocide and slavery and wondered about the implications beyond a single generation. What are the effects on the descendants … Read more

An Inheritance of Silence “Late Summer” – Chicago Review of Books

An Inheritance of Silence “Late Summer” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] A former industrial boomtown, sinking into dingy oblivion. A web of extended immigrant families, drifting apart as individual fortunes rise and fall. The prodigal son, home from the big city. No, this isn’t a novel set in the Rust Belt, however much its plotline speaks to the lived experiences of many Midwesterners. Late Summer … Read more