Black Emotional Labor in Claudia Rankine’s Citizen
Emotional labor is defined as the additional work a person performs when he or she is forced to hide feelings […]
Glennon Doyle’s Untamed Lesson on Racism
In her new non-fiction book Untamed (which I’ve recommended here), Glennon Doyle writes: “In America, there are not two kinds
Phoebe Bridgers’s ‘Punisher’ Review: Sad Songs to Cry Yourself to Sleep
Phoebe Bridgers recently released a new album, ‘Punisher’ and I had to stop everything I was doing and listen to
Pema Chödrön’s The Wisdom of No Escape: When What You Fear is Fear Itself
I am scared about so many things. I’m scared of abandonment and of being alone. I’m scared of small gatherings
Review of More Myself by Alicia Keys: How to Be Yourself
Fame is a hall of mirrors. Authentic talent, subjected to such reproduction, often manifests itself before an audience as a
Book Review of Jericho Brown’s The Tradition, Pulitzer-Prize Winner in Poetry
When the poet Jericho Brown got the flu in 2018 (long before the coronavirus burnt through the world), Brown wrote
Poetry Book Review: Victoria Chang’s Obit; On Grieving
To describe what is absent and to make present what is not there is the work of the English elegy,
Go Back in Time: Lisel Mueller’s Poem, “Palindrome”
Stephen Hawking, in Black Holes and Baby Universes writes, “I was born on January 8, 1942, exactly three hundred years
Book Review of The Body Keeps the Score, by Bessel Van Der Kolk: Growth and Trauma
“Scared animals return home, regardless of whether home is safe or frightening,” writes Bessel Van Der Kolk in his book,