The following is the second column in a two-part series on generational trauma. These columns were adapted with permission from “Land Rich, Cash Poor: My Family’s Hope and the Untold History of the ...
Marcela Fuentes, the Fort Worth-based author of the masterfully executed debut novel Malas, a genre-bending work that explores generational trauma along the U.S.-Mexico border, did not set out to ...
We often hear about generational trauma—the phenomenon in which traumatic experiences endured by one generation ripple down and affect subsequent generations. Stories of hardship, scarcity, and ...
Six years ago, Tommy Orange told a contemporary story about a dozen Native Americans living in Oakland and struggling with depression, addiction and a sense of place and identity. The story ended, ...
The following is a column adapted with permission from “Land Rich, Cash Poor: My Family’s Hope and the Untold History of the Disappearing American Farmer,” out in paperback Sept. 2. The year ...
It was only after Katya Apekina’s grandmother had passed away that she started reading her memoirs. Apekina — a writer and translator who grew up in the Boston area — had always avoided them, afraid ...
This isn’t just a book—it’s a roadmap for men who want to break generational cycles of abandonment and become pillars of change in their families and communities. “I wrote this book through the ...
A mom is being applauded for the way she plans to fix generational trauma with her kids. The concept of generational trauma, sometimes referred to as generational curses, has become something of a ...
After years of vandalism, theft, and growing danger along Stockton Boulevard, a beloved nonprofit in Oak Park announced it would soon close its doors. However the community that relies on “shop class” ...