beth ward
culture writer. editor. storyteller.
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Read Holy Appetites in the Southeast Review
Read Holy Appetites in the Southeast Review
Two Women on the Shore (1898) | Edvard MunchHoly Appetites The first thing girls are taught about God is that a woman ate and man fell. That her appetite doomed us. We’re told that a woman’s desire, her want for anything, is apocalyptic. But I had never felt more holy than when I was hungry. Self-denial is sanctified when you’re a girl. It feels religious to refuse the cake, like prayer to put down the fork and say, “No, thank you. I’m full.” *** The same day I wrote in my diary “I’m getting ba
Read my review of Didi Jackson’s “My Infinity” for Pleiades
Read my review of Didi Jackson’s “My Infinity” for Pleiades
Read my interview with Sonya Yong James in Oxford American
Read my interview with Sonya Yong James in Oxford American
Sonya Yong James assembled I Eat the Stars from felt and tree branches. The textile …
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