Archive - Ancestor Trouble

Taking T for Jesus

My new Baffler essay, on the transphobic evangelicals hawking hormones, and also developments closer to home; also, books, events, and links of note.

Aug 21 •

March 2024

Art & Kinship: Garrard Conley's All the World Beside

I met Garrard Conley at a dinner in Boston years ago.

Mar 30 •

Art & Kinship: Emily Raboteau's Lessons For Survival

Emotional recurrences in families have fascinated me as long as I can remember.

Mar 12 •

February 2024

Family stories we (tell ourselves we) can't tell

Feb 3 •

November 2023

Wishes amid the Thinning Veil

My sister took this photo of our mom and me in May 1998, in Asheville, after our granny (our mom’s mom) died.

Nov 2, 2023 •

September 2023

No care plan outside of the Rapture

Sep 26, 2023 •

August 2023

So many ancestor links

Aug 29, 2023 •

June 2023

Editorial offerings, and paperback revisions

Jun 21, 2023 •

May 2023

Thinning Blood, links, and class last call

May 31, 2023 •

This summer: Groove, in the heart

Sebene Selassie's upcoming class. My Family History With Imagination class. Also, Ava Chin, Latria Graham, Nanette Vonnegut, Prachi Gupta, Kelly Link…

May 7, 2023 •

March 2023

Family history with imagination

I'm teaching a class, the Ancestor Trouble paperback is coming out, and more.

Mar 27, 2023 •

February 2023

Offering and receiving what is offered

Toward the start of every session of the Writing About Ancestor Trouble class I’m teaching, we explicitly invite in kindness and spaciousness around the…

Feb 28, 2023 •

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