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“LaBrie’s spellbinding prose is a metaphysical experience: cinematic, poetic, philosophical, and wholly stunning,” says Alissa Nutting, author of Made for Love and Tampa. “If psychiatric disability has impacted your life, or if you’ve ever been lonely, or if you enjoy having exceptional writing light up your brain, this book is an essential gift. This memoir will never leave …
Left: Cover of Resmaa's NYT Bestselling book My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies; Right: Lissa and Resmaa in the studio. On this episode, Lissa sits down with Resmaa Menakem, the New York Times bestselling author of My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our …
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