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History

Taking Children

An excerpt from Taking Children: A History of American Terror by Laura Briggs

June 8, 2020 • by Laura Briggs

The past stalks the present, the ghost in the machine of memory. This is why history writing matters; it gives us ways to understand the specters already among us and to assemble tools to transform our situation. Things change; the epidemic of child taking in the context of mass incarceration ...

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The Bookkeeper

The racist legacy of a mixed-race family

June 5, 2020 • by Julia McKenzie Munemo

In The Book Keeper, the journey of finally reading those pulpy paperbacks set during slavery entwines with questions about Munemo’s father’s mental illness, the tale of her own love story, and her exploration of the fears she carries for her sons in a country where, as we continue to be ...

Disability

One Question

May 21, 2020 • by Renée Schultz

When Ian calls from his group home with one question, it usually involves money. Two days ago, when he asked me to buy him a Star Wars DVD, I said “sure.” Even though I don’t want to contribute to the abuse of Amazon warehouse workers, I do want to take ...

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COVID-19 Paused Family Reunification Cases

They’re resuming, but at what pace?

April 24, 2020 • by James Parrott

Abigail Kramer is a senior editor at the Center for New York City Affairs at The New School. She specializes in policy issues impacting low-income children, youth, and families in New York City—especially those in the foster care and juvenile justice systems.

COVID-19 Paused Family Reunification Cases

Art & Design

Evoking Artist As Mother

An Interview With Myla Goldberg

April 23, 2020 • by Myla Goldberg and Hayleigh Santra

Hayleigh Santra [HS]: How did you come up with the idea for Feast Your Eyes? Myla Goldberg [MG]: For me, the book started with a question: Is it possible to be both an excellent artist and an excellent parent, or to be one of those, do you have to kick the ...

Interviews

Elegies for Lost Children

An Interview With Valeria Luiselli

April 20, 2020 • by Valeria Luiselli and Vanessa Chan

Eventually, the narrator’s own children go missing, culminating in a 20-page single sentence climax that breaks every convention, and that the reader is unable to look away from. On top of this wide range of themes, Luiselli also creates a novel-within-a-novel – a book called “Elegies for Lost Children” that ...

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Fragments of Memoir and Other Manuscripts

An excerpt from Honor Moore, “Our Revolution: A Mother and Daughter at Midcentury”

March 24, 2020 • by Honor Moore

“This is my oldest daughter.” I look at him and smile. “How do you do -- ” “You’ve got a great mom!” I would have said “a great mother.” I don’t like it when people use “mom” as a noun like that, and what does he know anyway, about this woman. He turns and ...