“Everywhere I go, nature is where I’m finding my grounding”: An Interview with Ada Limón

"Everywhere I go, nature is where I'm finding my grounding": An Interview with Ada Limón

[ad_1] Is it possible to be star-struck after you’ve already met the person? Yes. Yes, it is. I met Ada Limón at a faculty reading during my first semester in the MFA program at Queens University of Charlotte, where Ada has taught since 2014 even as the 24th US Poet Laureate, a position she has … Read more

Yearning for Nature in Kathryn Bromwich’s “At the Edge of the Woods” – Chicago Review of Books

Yearning for Nature in Kathryn Bromwich’s “At the Edge of the Woods” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] The pandemic forced everyone indoors, but while some spent their quarantine staring longingly out the window, growing stir crazy and desperate for human contact, others heaved a sigh of relief, secretly grateful for an excuse to shut out our chaotic, complicated society. Author and journalist Kathryn Bromwich clearly sympathizes with both views. In fact, … Read more

The Complicated Nature of Justice and Power in “Remote Control” – Chicago Review of Books

The Complicated Nature of Justice and Power in “Remote Control” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Sankofa is the adopted daughter of Death. With a glowing green light that comes from within her, she can take the lives of those around her. Nnedi Okorafor’s newest novella, Remote Control, introduces Sankofa through the stories many people tell about her—she is Death’s own remote control, they say. When she touches technology, it … Read more