In her 40s Nella, the protagonist of Joyce Kornblatt’s remarkably subtle novel Mother Tongue, discovers that her entire life is a lie. Her mother is not her mother, so much as a woman who kidnapped her, as a newborn, from a Pittsburgh hospital nursery.
Read MoreTriangulations is eerily of this moment, as it examines pregnancy both accidental and deliberate, a woman’s determination to control her future, the relationship between motherhood and career, and men feeling possessive of women’s bodies.
Read MoreThe Other Ones invites readers to an unfortunately believable and emotionally complex world, its story revolving around the ways that money can rule our lives.
Read MoreHere are a few D.C. area events, opportunities, and a new book to check out in this last week or so of National Poetry Month.
Read More“Even if [the subject matter of the poem I’m sharing] is something that someone in the audience didn't go through, they know someone who went through it. It helps them change their perception. So I really feel like this is my purpose.”
Read MoreMusic has always reflected cultural, political, and social movements, but what about mental health? In recent years, many mainstream musicians have been working towards destigmatizing mental health by opening up about their own struggles – Adele, Billie Eilish, and more.
Read MoreBaltimore Sons, Dean Bartoli Smith's new collection of intense, raw poetry, shows a side of the city of Baltimore that many haven't seen up close.
Read MoreAt the center of Leslie Pietrzyk’s story collection Admit This to No One loom two giant figures: a charismatic, larger-than-life, fictional Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Washington, D.C. itself.
Read MoreCarole King’s 1971 Tapestry album cover is an iconic image, with King sitting by the window of her California home, her cat, light shining in, bare feet and unfussy hair, the look of a woman deeply comfortable with herself.
Read MoreWho is Hiram Larew? Ask a scientist and you’ll get one answer. Ask a poet, and you’ll get another. Ask those who are involved in the social justice movement, and you’ll get yet another.
Read MoreThe Aspen Art Museum, situated in the middle of town, is a non-collecting institution presenting the newest, most important evolutions in international contemporary art.
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