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2 months ago | 
washingtonpost.com | Kristen Young
Most people, when they fall in love with someone who does not reciprocate their affection, hide their distress, if they can, to save face. Not Tree Abraham. In her memoir, “Elseship: An Unrequited Affair,” she conducts a forensic investigation of her futile romantic obsession with a former housemate. “Elseship” begins where most love stories end.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
therumpus.net | Kristen Young
Under the hard rain of the Pacific Northwest winter of 1951, two prison guards discover a growling, wild-eyed girl surviving alone in the cold woods beyond the penitentiary walls. The girl came out of nowhere, they say. Who is she? Has she run away or been left to fate? Whom does the girl’s silence protect? This is how award-winning lyric short story writer Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum starts her novel, Elita (TriQuarterly Books, 2025).
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Sep 7, 2024 | 
texarkanagazette.com | Chelsea Bieker |Kristen Young
"The world is not made for mothers. Yet mothers made the world," writes Chelsea Bieker in her second novel, "Madwoman." In her dedication for the book, Bieker includes a photo of her own mother, "who lives in every line." That image will live in the reader's imagination with each fictional reference to the mother of her protagonist and narrator, Clove.
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
therumpus.net | Kristen Young
Sofia Samatar found a way to get free. While reading Samatar’s Opacities: On Writing and the Writing Life (Soft Skull Press, 2024), I experienced a profound sense of recognition. Many of us who wish to exist in the world as writers feel coerced into the kind of visibility that threatens to make us illegible as thinkers and makers.
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
washingtonpost.com | Kristen Young
Review by Kristen Millares YoungSeptember 3, 2024 at 7:00 a.m. EDT“The world is not made for mothers. Yet mothers made the world,” writes Chelsea Bieker in her second novel, “Madwoman.” In her dedication for the book, Bieker includes a photo of her own mother, “who lives in every line.” That image will live in the reader’s imagination with each fictional reference to the mother of her protagonist and narrator, Clove.
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Jun 25, 2024 | 
electricliterature.com | Jo Lou |Kristen Young
Skip to content Interviews In her memoir "1974," she chronicles her relationship with anti-war activist Anthony Russo during a pivotal year in American history To regard Francine Prose’s award-winning title list—she has written 23 works of fiction and nine nonfiction books—is to understand that some people really do know more, work longer, and write harder. Yet her first memoir, 1974: A Personal History, is imbued with an utter lack of self-importance. In 1974, the self is a lens through...
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Feb 20, 2024 | 
anthology.allclassical.org | Kristen Young |Jason Quigley
Written by Kristen Millares Young; Photographed by Jason QuigleyIn just the last few years, Caroline Shaw has written the score for Fleishman Is in Trouble, released albums with the Attacca Quartet and Sō Percussion, and made contributions as a vocalist and composer to Beyoncé’s Homecoming, Tár, and the podcast Dolly Parton’s America.
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Jan 22, 2024 | 
anthology.allclassical.org | Kristen Young
Written by Kristen Millares Young; Photographed by Katy WeaverAuthor’s Note: Quotes in italics are sourced from Clarissa Pinkola Estés’s Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype. Myriam Marcela De Anda Méndez is no stranger to darkness. And yet, shadows train our eyes to find the sun. As a couturier—a fashion designer who tailors custom designs to each client’s specifications—she works under the name Myriam Marcela.
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Oct 18, 2023 | 
washingtonpost.com | Kristen Young
CommentSaveBrooklyn-based burlesque performer Fancy Feast might be the one taking off her clothes onstage, but the way she sees it, she’s not revealing herself to the audience. Rather, they’re revealing themselves to her. For example, how will they react to her shape and size?
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Sep 12, 2023 | 
unc.edu | Kristen Young
University News Tuesday, September 12th, 2023A committee of faculty members and staff worked throughout the summer to develop guidance on the emerging technology known as generative artificial intelligence (AI). The result is a comprehensive list of resources on the Office of the Provost’s website, including training modules for instructors, with guidelines for use in University operations coming later this semester.
