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Still Come Home by Katey Schultz

Dear Katey Schultz, When reading, Still Come Home, I was in a mason jar of dust and oak and apricot. The novel was a self-contained...

Quite Mad by Sarah Fawn Montgomery

Dear Sarah Fawn Montgomery, I have obsessive compulsive disorder. I was diagnosed when I was 17 but have experienced symptoms since I was 12. Before medication...

The Coolest Monsters by Megan Baxter

Dear Megan Baxter, Thank you for your book, The Coolest Monsters. This debut essay collection is electric, a true page-turner. I read it in just...

Sustainability: A Love Story by Nicole Walker

Dear Nicole Walker, As a natural born worrier, it eased my anxious mind to know I was not alone in wondering what the future of...

Brief Interviews with the Romantic Past by Kathryn Nuermberger

Dear Kathryn, When I first opened “Brief Interviews with the Romantic Past”, the images of balloons carrying people through the skies made me think of...

The Good Girl is Always a Ghost

Dear Anne Champion, I don’t know how to write about this book. It contains a rage that usually only silence can hold. So I will...

Radiation King by Jason Gray

Dear Jason Gray, I stand by the assertion that all poetry and religions are a cry in the dark towards the endless something that we...

The Skinned Bird by Chelsea Biondolillo

Dear Chelsea, I must admit: the sight of a dead, mangled animal makes me queasy. Growing up in Indiana, surrounded by acres of cornfields, living in...

This One Will Hurt You by Paul Crenshaw

Dear Paul Crenshaw, It’s late Friday night. I’m in this Starbucks, one of only a few patrons left, and of course, Birdy’s cover of “Skinny...

The Edge of Every Day by Marin Sardy

Dear Marin Sardy, I worked in a mental health crisis unit for a short time last year. One of the things it taught me has...

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