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For JP Brammer, the notion of community often felt like a label he didn’t choose—until a year like no other forced him to redefine what the word could mean.

"How do I make peace with the years I lost in the closet?" John Paul Brammer reflects on the teenage girl he dated before he came out, and on how the past shouldn't be seen as disposable.

How Jeff VanderMeer Prevents Writer’s Block Credit...Jillian Tamaki April 15, 2021 “I get superstitious,” says the author, whose latest novel is “Hummingbird Salamander”: “I once had a book sent to me that was disrupting my ability to write a novel because of a superficial similarity between the two. I took that book and dug a hole and buried it deep in the backyard.” What books are on your night stand? I chose the night stand for its stalwart qualities and it...

If 2021 is shaping up to be anything like 2020, we’re looking at a lot more time with only ourselves for company. Luckily, Latine authors are up for the challenge of helping to fill that time. From a novel-in-verse about maybe falling in love with Selena’s ghost to a memoir about growing up queer and biracial in rural Indiana, 2021 promises us a dizzying variety of novels, memoirs, and poetry to carry us through the remaining lock-in. Here are 10 books coming out (mostly) in the first half...

By Liza Monroy | These days, essayist Annabelle Gurwitch ( You’re Leaving When?, Counterpoint, Apr.) appreciates writing that offers closure. “With the pandemic, everything’s taking so much longer,” she says. “It seems harder to complete tasks, but reading essays and short stories, I get that beginning, middle, and end experience.” Personal essays in particular can offer a welcome sense of connection with the writer, say other practitioners of the form. “One of the th...

Yes, the River Walk really is that magical FacebookTwitterEmail Oklahoma writer and artist John Paul Brammer, who currently lives in Brooklyn, recently reminisced the time his Abuelo took him to San Antonio River Walk when he was little in a tweet on Saturday.Image by Erik Pronske Photograph/Getty Images Yes, someone who isnt a San Antonio native thinks highly of the River Walk. Oklahoma writer and artist John Paul Brammer, who currently lives in Brooklyn, recently reminisced the time his abuel...

Breaking up is tough, no matter how sure you are in your decision. In this episode, certified dating coach Damona Hoffman walks us through the steps to go through in the process, and the small decisions that can make a big impact on how youll come out on the other side.

The Art Of Breaking Up, From ‘The Talk’ To Moving On

By this time tomorrow, 2020 will be no more. Congratulations, you made it! No joke, you should feel a sense of pride and accomplishment for enduring a global pandemic, economic uncertainty and a racial reckoning that harkened back to the 1960s. You dealt with the loneliness that comes from doing the right thing. You were separated from your families on holidays, you celebrated birthdays over Zoom. Some of us had to FaceTime family from hospital beds. You just wanted a hug from a loved one. Yo...