7 Books That Show the Full Breadth of the Adoption Experience
Rebecca Morgan Frank, author of "Oh You Robot Saints!," recommends novels and memoirs that go beyond the trope of sad orphan
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This Graphic Memoir About Adoption Isn’t Interested in Comfortable Answers
Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom on discovering that reunions are just beginnings
Jan 28 2020 - Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello
Alice Stephens Is Blowing Up the Traditional Adoption Story
Her thriller “Famous Adopted People” opens the door for stories that challenge the “good adoptee” narrative
Jan 7 2019 - Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello
Nicole Chung on the Complexities, and Joys, of Transracial Adoption
The author of ‘All You Can Ever Know’ on learning where she fits with her birth family, her adoptive family, and her own children
Oct 4 2018 - Rebecca Carroll
Is Love Enough When It Comes to Interracial Adoption?
Rumaan Alam, author of ‘That Kind of Mother,’ on writing about—and raising—adopted black children
May 16 2018 - Rebecca Carroll
An Adoption, A Suicide, An Investigation
Patty Yumi Cottrell on strong, unreliable voices and finding inspiration on the early-morning F train
Apr 14 2017 - Adalena Kavanagh
Female Fear Is a Rational Response to Violence
Jody Keisner's essay collection examines the real and imagined monsters hiding under all women's metaphorical beds
Nov 30 2022 - Sari Fordham
7 Experimental Books Reshaping Historical Narratives
Kristine Langley Mahler, author of "Curing Season," recommends non-fiction that adds another layer to the original narrative
Sep 30 2022 - Kristine Langley Mahler
One of the Earliest Science Fiction Utopias Was a Protest Against Patriarchy
Over a century ago, Bengali Muslim writer Rokeya Hossain wrote a short story about a world run by women, fueled by solar power
Aug 8 2022 - Tanya Agathocleous
8 Zombie Stories Without Any Zombies
Malcolm Devlin, author of "And Then I Woke Up," breaks down the characteristics of the walking dead genre
