The author of “Heartland,” a National Book Award longlisted memoir about growing up poor in rural America, gives her views on politics, identity, and cultural appropriation.
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Even the Dogs
In an excerpt from her memoir, T Kira Madden recalls a harrowing adventure with her parents.
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Even the Dogs
In an excerpt from her memoir, T Kira Madden recalls a harrowing adventure with her parents.
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Queens of Infamy: The Reign of Catherine de’ Medici
When your husband and male heirs are too useless or too dead to rule, you have to take matters into your own poison-gloved hands.
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Marriage Proposal Follies
After she proposes to her girlfriend, Amy Deneson rethinks what it means to wed.
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Marriage Proposal Follies
After she proposes to her girlfriend, Amy Deneson rethinks what it means to wed.
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Bearing the Weight of My Grandfathers’ Old Clothes
In adopting outerwear worn by the men who came before him, Aram Mrjoian considers his childhood misperceptions of traditional masculinity.
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Queens of Infamy: The Rise of Catherine de’ Medici
Kings and popes thought she was their pawn. The Merchant’s Daughter begged to differ.
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Queens of Infamy: Njinga
The Portuguese colonizers of West Central Africa learned it the hard way: you mess with the Queen of Ndongo and Matamba at your own peril.
