Ancestor Trouble
by Maud Newtonin 📚 Literature
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Ancestor Trouble
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Writing, books, art. Kinship, broadly construed. Advocate for acknowledging tough family histories honestly, open-heartedly, and with imagination.
About Maud Newton
I'm interested in books, art, psychology, ancestors, and kinship, broadly construed. My book, Ancestor Trouble, was a best of the year per New Yorker, NPR, Washington Post, Esquire; a John Leonard prize finalist; and a Roxane Gay pick. She/her.
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