We Still Can’t Stop Talking About Barbie
AM Homes and MG Lord on “A Real Doll” and the plastic icon’s enduring legacy
AM Homes and MG Lord on “A Real Doll” and the plastic icon’s enduring legacy
"Julia" from THE SORROWS OF OTHERS by Ada Zhang, recommended by Sarah Thankam Mathews
Michele Kirichanskaya interrogates love stories that require redemption
Taylor Brorby explores the intersections between the violence done to his hometown and the terror of growing up queer in rural North Dakota
Claire Stanford recommends novels and poetry about decolonized technological futures, government surveillance, and more.
Akwaeke Emezi’s "The Death of Vivek Oji" presents queerness as a personal, liminal space completely free of heteronormativity
Beth Morgan, author of "A Touch of Jen," on how social media changes the way we see ourselves
Gina Frangello, author of “Blow Your House Down,” on how marriage, motherhood, and heteronormativity keep women boxed in
Nana Nkweti, author of "Walking on Cowrie Shells," on the multiplicity of African womanhood
"Kenny Bond Shot My Dog," a story of revenge by Chrissy Kolaya