Grief and Trauma

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Staying Power
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Staying Power

On Queerness, Inheritances, and the Families We Choose

Staying Power, Zena Sharman’s memoir in essays, is a beautiful and honest journey of care work, grief, parenting, and chosen family in the wake of intergenerational trauma. Exploring the … 224 View
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Stephen Buchanan, Yellowknife
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Stephen Buchanan, Yellowknife

From: Book of Hope

This chapter recounts the personal narrative of Stephen Buchanan, a Yellowknife resident who, in the early 2020s, faced a rectal cancer diagnosis and the treatment that followed. 2 $0.20 Add
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Surviving My Cousin

Surviving My Cousin

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

In this essay, the author writes about his childhood relationship with his close cousin Dee, who was also gay, and Dee’s death of AIDS-related penumonia in 1998. He posits that Dee’s … 15 $1.50 Add
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Taking the Guilt and Shame Out of Barebacking as a Sex Worker

Taking the Guilt and Shame Out of Barebacking as a Sex Worker

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

In this chapter, Lemoon discusses the impact of her bipolar disorder on her life as a sex worker, and how the public dialogue about safe sex needs to expand beyond exhortations to use condoms. 8 $0.80 Add
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The Bodhisattva of Compassion

The Bodhisattva of Compassion

From: Three Funerals for my Father

This chapter is told from the author’s perspective. She continues to tell the story of her escape to Indonesia. 12 $1.20 Add
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The Butterflies

The Butterflies

From: Three Funerals for my Father

This chapter is told from the author’s father’s perspective after his death as he looks on his familly in Đà Lạt. 12 $1.20 Add
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The Conversations We Need to Save Each Other's Lives

The Conversations We Need to Save Each Other’s Lives

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

This chapter is a dialogue betweeen two activists who met at the International AIDS Conference in 2008. 9 $0.90 Add
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The Đề Lô

The Đề Lô

From: Three Funerals for my Father

This chapter is told from the author’s perspective. She tells the story of her escape from Vietnam as a child. 11 $1.10 Add
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The Land of Mimosas

The Land of Mimosas

From: Three Funerals for my Father

The family takes trips to Saignon, setting up to escape Vietnam. Both the author’s and her father’s perspectives are included. 5 $0.50 Add
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The Land of the West

The Land of the West

From: Three Funerals for my Father

This chapter is told from the author’s perspective. She describes her arrival in Canada. 10 $1.00 Add
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The Long Ladder of Shame

The Long Ladder of Shame

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

In this chapter, the author suggests that people like her – a trans Chicana sex worker who is chronically homeless – are terrorized by America’s obsession with pathogenic medicine. 5 $0.50 Add
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The Net of Fate

The Net of Fate

From: Three Funerals for my Father

This chapter is told from the author’s perspective. She muses on memories of her mother. 4 $0.40 Add
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The Oil Lamp

The Oil Lamp

From: Three Funerals for my Father

This chapter is told from the author’s father’s perspective. He and his wife discuss the future and critique the communist government. 3 $0.30 Add