Grace Lapointe’s fiction has been published in Kaleidoscope, Deaf Poets Society, Mobius: The Journal of Social Change, and is forthcoming in Corporeal Lit Mag. Her essays and poetry have been published in Wordgathering. Her stories and essays—including ones that she wrote as a college student—have been taught in college courses and cited in books and dissertations. More of her work is at https://gracelapointe.wordpress.com, Medium, and Ao3.
POV: you're reading about what point of view actually means in literature, and why authors select one POV over another.
On the origins and evolution of the own voices label, from it's well-intentioned beginnings to its eventual weaponization.
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Aspects from sci-fi books from decades past have made their way into modern technologies, but is this a coincidence or prescience?
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What's the origin of the infamous phrase "great artists steal," which has been attributed to scores of creatives?
Find the most banned books of the decade, as well as the most challenged, with notes on this form of censorship.
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