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When she learns she’s a finalist for a prestigious filmmaking grant

It turns them into scars

a path toward a different kind of future seems to open

—Teek sayingSerapio

When our narrator finally admits to her mother that she is queer

Black Arts Format:Paperback When she learns she’s aThe very first story collection from the critically acclaimed, visionary author of the novels Lakewood, The Women Could Fly, and Meet Me at the Crossroads Over three genre busting novels, Megan Giddings has emerged as one of the most celebrated and inspiring authors at work today. She has been compared to such luminaries as Ursula K. LeGuin, Octavia Butler, and Jordan Peele, yet her voice is singular and distinctive. Now, at long last, she presents us