Debutiful’s Adam Vitcavage recommends noteworthy debut books for readers to discover each month.
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Keeonna Harris interviews Keeonna Harris
Every now and then, I like to ask writers, “Is there a question you’d like me to ask?” I’m always surprised by the types of questions they’d want to ask themselves, so I decided to take the idea of the self-interview and give writers some restraints.
One. Use Who/What/When/Where/Why questions.
Two. Have fun.
Our latest Debuti-Self Interview features Keeonna Harris, author of the debut memoir Mainline Mama, which explores self-resilience, family, and community. Prior to her memoir, she was awarded numerous honors, including a 2018–2019 PEN America Writing for Justice Fellowship, a 2021 Tin House Summer Residency, a 2023 Baldwin For The Arts Residency, and a 2023 Hedgebrook Fellowship as the 2023 Edith Wharton Writer-in-Residence.
But enough from me. Let’s turn it over to Keeonna Harris.
Continue reading “Keeonna Harris interviews Keeonna Harris”Nicole Graev Lipson on Motherhood, Literature, and the Power of Complexity
Nicole Graev Lipson is an essayist whose work has appeared in The Sun, Virginia Quarterly Review, The Gettysburg Review, The Millions, The Washington Post, and The Boston Globe, among other publications. Her debut book, Mothers and Other Fictional Characters, is a braided memoir that weaves personal experience with literary reflections to explore motherhood, womanhood, and the transformative power of reading.
Lipson and I chatted via email about the complexities of female friendship, the fictions that shape women’s lives, and the freedom that comes with aging.
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