In 2017, novelist Joshua Mohr released the memoir
Sirens, about his years of substance abuse, getting clean, fatherhood, and the congenital heart defect which led to a series of strokes that almost killed him. It was textbook Josh: gripping, thoughtful, and funny as hell. I took a particular interest in the development of the project. The first time he told me about it was after his heart surgery. We were standing outside a bar in Brooklyn where he d just done a reading. My daughter had recently been born with a congenital heart defect, and I felt a kinship with him over that.
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Elissa Washuta casts a spell in the alluring ‘White Magic’
The author and Ohio State creative writing professor will celebrate the release of her new memoir with a virtual event via Two Dollar Radio tonight
As
White Magic opens, Elissa Washuta recounts purchasing a mood ring at the mall, describing the way the cheap trinket would change from black to green to orange on her finger, and how the those mysterious color shifts instilled in her a desire to explore magic and “bring change to the world using unseen forces.”
As the memoir unfolds, though, what emerges is a picture of how unseen forces bring change to the author, with a pivotal, post-sobriety breakup serving as the catalyst for a wellspring of self-discovery.
Imagining Generous, Black Futures With Hanif Abdurraqib
How and when do you divest yourself from an artist? What does it mean that we were all born under a different moon? This week, join host Lauren Korn and poet, essayist, and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib in a conversation about his 2021 must-read,
A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance.
From the multitude of miracles, magic, and wonder found in everyday moments to choosing to see and understand the world through lenses of generosity and gratitude, theirs is an energetic and uplifting back and forth.
About Hanif:
Hanif Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. His poetry has been published in
Gina Nutt Weaves Memoirs Of Terror In NIGHT ROOMS
An examination of the author s new collection of horror essays.
By Rufus Hickok · @Rufus Hickok · April 9, 2021, 4:10 PM EDT Gina Nutt s NIGHT ROOMS.
All art teaches us something, but horror art teaches us something about
ourselves. It is a deeply personal experience when a story makes us feel the shivers of terror, touching on our secret feelings about existence and our own fragility. Horror movies allow us to tiptoe together up to the veil between life and death and take a peek before we finally reach the final moments alone. For those of us who are genre fans, I suspect, if our lives really do “flash before our eyes” in the moments before we die, there will be some clips from scary movies mixed in there.
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