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Grace Lapointe

Grace Lapointe’s fiction has been published in Kaleidoscope, Deaf Poets Society, Mobius: The Journal of Social Change, and is forthcoming in Corporeal Lit Mag. Her essays and poetry have been published in Wordgathering. Her stories and essays—including ones that she wrote as a college student—have been taught in college courses and cited in books and dissertations. More of her work is at https://gracelapointe.wordpress.com, Medium, and Ao3.

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16 Insightful Quotes from A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN

16 inspiring and insightful quotes from A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN.

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What magical objects from speculative fiction do you covet? Has it changed over your life?

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The literary songs of Regina Spektor.

How Trauma Bonds Drive the BROKEN EARTH Trilogy

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The disabled community is so diverse that it’s especially important to publish and read #OwnVoices books by disabled authors with various disabilities.