thunder makes us, by Whitney Rio-Ross **This is currently a PRE-ORDER title. Forthcoming Publication Date: May 26, 2026** The poems in thunder makes us explore heritage, faith, and womanhood in the Am...

You don’t have many years left, if I’m being honest.  Amazing how quickly a woman’s window

She wondered if two sips of lite beer had ruined her lip gloss.

A daughter’s cross: to bear and bear

Not to the paper wisps, not those sliced by machine, but the ones that wearied a woman’s fingers.  The ones piled in an antique shop, ten for a dollar and sure to be mocked  if noticed at...

No one should have to choose between their community and their own integrity.

Review by Whitney Rio-Ross

Jesus’ procession was a parody of imperial power — a deliberate mockery of Roman spectacle and a prophetic enactment of a kingdom not built on violence but on justice.

Dozens of students and recent graduates in Texas have had their legal status changed by the U.S Department of State over the last few weeks.

For over 100 years UNC Press has championed the principles of academic freedom, open discourse, and the free exchange of ideas—values essential to a democratic society and the pursuit of knowledge.  R...

Republicans used to denounce the violent insurrectionists of January 6. Their rhetoric is no longer operative.

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