Hokis produced her book without anyone else, I’d say she birthed it, and as such, did not want most of us involved in its creation. It was a very personal book and it reads as such. This alone has worth as a memoir and a moment of her life put into language. In my absence,Continue reading “Candice Louisa Daquin Reviews On Un Becoming, aesthetic evolution of this rising ancestor, a poetic memoir by Hokis”
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Books That Matter: Hood Feminism (Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot) by Mikki Kendall
Reviewed by Candice Louisa Daquin I would not want to debate Mikki Kendall. Because unlike other authors who write from their perspective, Kendall is aware of all the perspectives and can reduce them down and go back to her point effortlessly. This isn’t easy to do given the complexities of feminism as a canon. Typically,Continue reading “Books That Matter: Hood Feminism (Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot) by Mikki Kendall”
Nicole Lyons’ Review of Kindra M. Austin’s Heavy Mental
Within the pages of Heavy Mental, Kindra Austin lies, and she lays her heart out for all of the world to feast. And feast, we do, on this, the pinnacle of her soul’s work. To say that Heavy Mental has catapulted Austin and her work into the same literary sphere as Plath or Cohen orContinue reading “Nicole Lyons’ Review of Kindra M. Austin’s Heavy Mental”
Editor’s Note: Nicole Lyons and The Lithium Chronicles Volume II
Editor’s Note Raw. Fierce. Brave. Brazen. Honest. These words are often (and accurately) used to describe Nicole Lyons’ writing. I’ve also seen her called a crazy bitch; the real burn is that Nicole lives so much inside her truths, she’s able to say, “Yes. I am a crazy bitch.” One of the things IContinue reading “Editor’s Note: Nicole Lyons and The Lithium Chronicles Volume II”
Candice Louisa Daquin Reviews Nicole Lyons’ The Lithium Chronicles Vol. II
The Lithium Chronicles Volume ll. What happens to a writer who began to write to make sense of life, as she evolves as a human-being? Does she stay the same? Does her writing change? Add to this, the liquid mercury of emotions that push and pull that writer in myriad directions. How does this reflectContinue reading “Candice Louisa Daquin Reviews Nicole Lyons’ The Lithium Chronicles Vol. II”
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