My Love for “Frankenstein” Taught Me To Let The Monsters Be Damned
I was looking for a father to love me anywhere I could find
I was looking for a father to love me anywhere I could find
"The Last Unmapped Places" from HERE IN THE NIGHT by Rebecca Turkewitz, recommended by Wynter K Miller for Electric Literature
The all-consuming drama of “Persona 5” is a reality that bleeds into my own
Michelle Tea's memoir "Knocking Myself Up" is a battle against how straight, white, and bougie the baby world is
Addie Tsai’s novel "Unwieldy Creatures" explores the transgressive nature of existing in a queer body within a society obsessed with heteronormative beauty
Anne Heltzel, author of "Just Like Mother," recommends stories about characters who are the black sheep in their communities
Books, both intimate and bold, that wrestle with trauma and history, desire and self-definition
How "Detransition, Baby" and "The Argonauts" illuminate my family's experience with pregnancy and transition
These books are starting to build a more inclusive library of narratives on what it means to be a parent
An excerpt from A CHILDREN'S BIBLE by Lydia Millet, recommended by Jenny Offill