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CONTENT WARNING: Triggers in Creative Nonfiction | By Olga Katsovskiy
A large sign at the entrance of an ancient Egyptian gallery at the museum warns viewers of mummified human remains enclosed in a sarcophagus in the next room and suggests an alternate route to bypass the “triggering” mummy. It reminds me of trigger warnings; how quick they are to label a story before the reader…
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There Are Worse Things in The World Than Inappropriate Sex
A Review of Mary Rechner’s Marrying Friends By Olga Katsovskiy Mary Rechner’s Marrying Friends novel-in-stories invites the reader into the intimate lives of two sisters, whose friends and dysfunctional families come together at a funeral and a wedding – where time stands still. Unlike her debut short story collection, Nine Simple Patterns for Complicated Women,…