Poets & Writers interviews Puerto Rican writer Claudia Acevedo-Quiñones, author of the debut novel The Hurricane Book: A Lyric History. [Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention. Also see previous post New: The Hurricane Book.] Here are excerpts: This week’s installment of Ten Questions features Claudia Acevedo-Quiñones, whose debut, The Hurricane Book:…
Margo Steines has lived more lives than most of us ever will. By age seventeen, she had dropped out of high school to beat bankers with sticks for money a…
Rather than simply compiling these experiences into a ‘tell-all,’ Margo Steines examines and contextualizes them within a broader cultural framework with incredible insight in her debut memoir, Brutalities: A Love Story. The result is a mesmerizing and masterful exploration of violence, power, pain, and ultimately, care.