Literature is meant to be a depiction of society. Either directly, in an “in-your-face” capacity, or more subtly. All in all, there is always a
Life was a big circus to me. Everything was still beginning. You know that phase in your life when you had not a teeny-weeny care
Fat is a term that holds a great deal of power for a significant number of people. It is hurled as a weapon, a ruthless
Growing up in a society with rich cultural practices is fascinating. I remember my siblings and friends occasionally pointing out the short incision on my
Robert McCurdy’s portrait of Obama and Sharon Sprung’s portrait of Michelle Obama, both painted in 2018 (images courtesy White House Historical Association/White House Collection). Today,
These things began in tricklesThe age-long pinch in our features, the halts in our stepsDealt by unequal hands, by vicious memories that wouldn’t be appeasedThe
