Tag: working class trauma
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Monk Reviews Native Country of the Heart by Cherríe Moraga
Native Country of the Heart is Cherríe Moraga’s memoir about and relationship with her mother, Elvira. A friend and I went to go see Moraga speak at the book’s release at the People’s Forum in New York City, and we were both tearing up with deep feels in relation to the passages she read to…
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Meanwhile, Elsewhere & Transcendent 2
In 2017 I had two stories published in these two trans SFF anthologies. These were my first experiences outside of self-publishing, having stories published under contract in exchange for a dollar amount. Topside Press’s anthology got HEAT DEATH OF WESTERN HUMAN ARROGANCE and Lethe Press’s anthology got ABOUT A WOMAN AND A KID. Neither story…
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REMEMBER LIFE OUTSIDE THE IVORY TOWER
DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS LIKE BEFORE YOU UNDERSTOOD HOW TO COMMUNICATE IN ACADEMIA? DO YOU REMEMBER HOW TO SPEAK IN COMMON? DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU HEARD A NARRATIVE THAT DID NOT ALSO PROVE AN ARGUMENT? REMEMBER LIFE OUTSIDE THE IVORY TOWER. REMEMBER THE REST OF THE WORLD.
FILE: spells
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ODE TO ROCK LEE
IF YOU PRESUME THAT I DON’T ENGAGE IN CERTAIN ACTIVITIES WITHOUT EVER FOR A SECOND CONSIDERING THAT THE REASON MIGHT BE FINANCIAL THEN I’M LETTING YOU KNOW YOU’RE PULLING SOME LIL UPPER CLASS BULLSHIT IF YOU THINK THAT I DON’T LIKE SOMETHING THAT I DON’T WANT TO DO SOMETHING THAT I CAN’T THAT IT MUST…
FILE: essays