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Zakiya Dalila Harris makes a thrilling debut with The Other Black Girl, journalist Mike Rothschild takes on QAnon, New Yorker writer Sheldon Pearce assembles a Tupac oral history, and more books to read in June.
Kristen Arnettâs Latest Subjects Are the Lesbian Parents of an Autistic-Coded Son Credit...Kimberly Elliott By Naoise Dolan WITH TEETH By Kristen Arnett Heâs only a kid, but Samson is already burdened with a troublesome family member: His mother, Sammie, suffers from being on the non-autistic spectrum. He cannot meet her support needs for platitudes and eye contact, and so he is challenged by her difficult behavior. Samsonâs own neurotype is unnamed but heavily autistic-coded: He has sensory issues with food, textures, touch; he doesnât easily intuit neurotypical social no...
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WMFE Tiny Desk Contest For local musicians and public radio fans, one of the most coveted stages in the country is the "tiny desk" of NPR host Bob Boilen and his NPR music crew. Every year, there's a nationwide open call for musicians to submit a desk-based performance to their local public radio outlet, where a panel of local experts determines the most worthy area entrant to be sent on to the national judging. The Sh-Booms almost took it all one year! Submissions are currently open until June 7. The rest of us can then thrill to the videos of the local finalists.
With Teeth: A Darkly Comical Story That Will Sink Deep Into Your Psyche 0 Shares Sammie would not win mother of the year. At various points in With Teeth (out June 1), she takes to imbibing at her son Samson's school swim practice, smashing his creepy-but-prized childhood doll on purpose, and generally failing to connect with him in any meaningful way. Despite spending the overwhelming majority of her time with him alone in their central Florida home, he remains a deeply frustrating and socially uncomfortable mystery. (Sammie's wife, Monika, is the breadwinner and de facto "adult" in the rel...