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In the dressing room of the “Lipstick Lounge,” the Lady Javana “straighten[s] her wig” and “dab[s] lipstick from her teeth.” Lady Javana, we’re informed, is neither a man nor a woman, nor “a boy in a dress” nor “a female … Continue reading →

A woman fresh out of a mixed-bag relationship is harassed by the specter of her ex-lover as she goes about her routine chores. This opening scene finds Dana taking the long way to her supermarket to avoid the school where … Continue reading →

In choosing her subject, it’s not a bad idea for the memoirist to imagine that many others in her audience have undergone the same or a similar experience, and to write with that in mind. Any assumption to the contrary … Continue reading →