Kristen Gentry

Jul 1, 2024 | raisingmothers.com | Kristen Gentry

This is Unfolding Inheritance, a column by Kristen Gentry exploring mother-daughter relationships, the impact of parental addiction, and the journey of finding and loving yourself through it all. *My life’s timeline is split–before BC and after. A calendar that places me, a Black woman, not a man purported to be white, at the center.

Oct 30, 2023 | electricliterature.com | Wynter K. Miller |Kristen Gentry

Recently, I read online a patient response to the poor faith interpretation of toxic masculinity as a denouncement of men as a whole, as if they were all toxic by definition. The response noted that the use of “toxic” as a qualifier suggests that there exists a masculinity that is not toxic. Which begs the question, “What is masculinity?” Like gender, masculinity is socially constructed.

Oct 1, 2023 | kirkusreviews.com | Kristen Gentry |Barbara Kingsolver |Nathan HIll |Nathan Paul Hill

An angry, powerful book seething with love and outrage for a community too often stereotyped or ignored. Awards & Accolades Likes 18 Our Verdict GET IT Kirkus Reviews' Best Books Of 2022 New York Times Bestseller Inspired by David Copperfield, Kingsolver crafts a 21st-century coming-of-age story set in America’s hard-pressed rural South.