Punctuate editor, Re’Lynn Hansen, engaged in email conversation with Elizabeth Kadetsky, winner of the 2019 Juniper Prize in Creative Nonfiction. Kadetsky is the author of The Memory Eaters, a lyric memoir, published by U. Mass Press this month. Her three previous books include On…
Three Women Lisa Taddeo Avid Reader Press, $15.99 In her book Three Women, Lisa Taddeo tells the stories of three women and their relationship to desire by examining the ways they are socialized to obscure their needs and playact around their wants.…
Weak Link Rob Halpern Atelos, $12.95 200 pages Weak Link is a collection of odds and ends from poet and essayist Rob Halpern, some of which didn’t make it into his previous books, some of which have been expanded upon or updated, and others…
NOTE: Opinions and political views expressed by reviewing contributors are those of the contributor and do not necessarily represent the view of Punctuate. On Our Way Home from the Revolution: Reflections on Ukraine Sonya Bilocerkowycz 21st Century Essays, $15.96 On January 8th, 2020,…
Leaving A Trace Last week I learned that my fingerprints are disappearing. I was standing on the X outlined in pink tape on the floor, pressing the four fingers of my right hand onto the glass. The tech nodded her head. “Yep,” she…
With Bruno In my first memory of life, which I recall as both observer and observed, I am four years old and waiting in the wings. I am waiting for my cue to burst out onto the stage. I can feel the heat…
Segues Sealed It’s the holiday, but the bird is gone. Breadcrumb stuffing goes on to explore new stomach linings. After the table is cleared, plates scraped, plates stacked, I take the stairs, walk down to the basement floor. Down there: photographs, webbed and mature, glass shards giving…