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In Toothpaste, the essayist learns to live with PTSD as a result of illness, surgeries, and medical malpractice.
“Without the doppelganger, I think Such Lovely Skin would still be an interesting (albeit less entertaining) story about grief and self-forgiveness, and those kinds of horror stories where the human component is still really compelling without the monster are my favorite. The monster just heightens everything that’s already there.”
You were a girl on Venus Held my hand through the hallway, then the exit of our School, then to the Venue with our dresses I said, “But I’m promised to a Man down on Earth,” Then I knew.
Christen Randall (she/they) writes Young Adult fiction that centers queer, fat, geeky kids. We spoke with them about the anxiety rep in her debut novel, the “not like other girls” trope, and their writing plans for the future.
Christen Randall (she/they) writes Young Adult fiction that centers queer, fat, geeky kids. We spoke with them about the anxiety rep in her debut novel, the “not like other girls” trope, and their writing plans for the future.
My rabbit heart is in your hands, warm and pulsing, living, skittish.
But like the sun, there is Something elevating About the depression Some perspective above.