Desire, the Construction of Audience, and the Construction of Self in Monica Youn’s “From From”
"So, I wanted to take this chance to ask you: what is the role of desire within the book? Does the shape of desire shift depending on who or what desires?"
Turning Night’s Music into a Song of Both Mourning and Celebration: An Interview with Tatiana Johnson-Boria
“From its first poem, “Heredity,” the book [Nocturne in Joy] shapes its foundations in a lineage of hurt, one that shapes the boundaries and interworkings of family, alongside the boundaries and interworkings of community.”
On Conjuring and Manifesting: Exploring the Magic in Anastacia-Reneé’s “Side Notes” and “Here in the (Middle) of Nowhere”
“I wanted the idea that God is in all of us to play out in these stories. That God is all around us and she might be drinking bourbon and frying bacon. She might be taking a friend to get an abortion. She might be wearing white and leading a ceremony. She might be reading an interview. ☺”