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Difé! The House That Set Itself on Fire: A Review of Francesca Momplaisir's My Mother's House
Through a Gothic horror lens, the novel explores how systemic containment, patriarchal violence, and the desperate search for sanctuary collide in a story of Haitian immigrants pursuing the “American Dream.”
3 days ago5 min read
This Is the Way, Boricua: Finding Permission and Joy in the Boricuaverse at New York Comic Con
How do I remember my heritage for myself? How do I share a history no one told me?
Oct 226 min read
The Things We Swear We’ll Never Repeat: Inheritance and Becoming in Peggy Robles-Alvarado’s Burn Me Back
What happens when a mother looks at her daughter and realizes she is repeating the very thing she once promised herself she would never do? What if the behaviors we inherit from our mothers are not always ones we would be proud to show off?
Sep 305 min read
The End of an Era: Xochitl Gonzalez’s Last Night in Brooklyn
Read alongside The Great Gatsby, Xochitl Gonzalez's Last Night in Brooklyn asks whether money ever buys belonging in the upper echelons of society.
Sep 146 min read
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