How does one play with restrictions and limits to say something fresh and urgent, much less find joy? Winson Law discusses and reviews Steffan Triplett’s creative nonfiction chapbook, CONSTRAINTS.
How do they do it? I reached out to a few mother-writers who I admire – published authors who are doing the difficult yet rewarding job of raising children.
As a woman of color in the academy, I do more labor than my white colleagues. But then I have guilt that my mother is laboring more than me. And I ask myself, “Was it worth it? Is it worth it?” In the fight, you have to remember to rest.
“Poetry, language, feels like a practice—a study—of relation. For me, ecology is the root of all relation.” A conversation with Jhani Randhawa and their debut collection, TIME REGIME.