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‘After the House Burned Down”

Usha Akella I Will Not Bear You Sons

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I have the pleasure of sharing the following new works of art by wonderful writers, with reviews and associated events for their powerful voices

Heartbreak Bay; Adrienne Brodeur’s memoir Wild Game

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You learn about the narrator and you cluck-cluck at her adolescent mistakes of judgment (if that’s what they are, as in they were generated by her fervent love for her complicated and beautiful mother); you grow up with her and her inner anguish; you break away with relief and happiness for her.