Archive - P.O.V.

Episode 1: Dana Spiotta and Tayari Jones

Introducing Model Citizen

Apr 9 •

13:21

March 2024

It Comes Back to You

Blake was seven when he began to realize the world was bigger than the parts he knew about. His family lived in a suburban apartment complex carved from…

Mar 21 •

February 2024

Promise unfulfilled: A critical look back at the death of Marcus Smith via 'I Ain't Resisting'

I found it quite impossible to review Ian McDowell’s book, I Ain’t Resisting, at the time of its release. Although I received an advanced copy, and…

Feb 16 •

“She brought some complete stranger home from a club last night, and left him here when she went to work,” Carmen said with near fury. “I got up this…

Feb 8 •

December 2023

Get out of my Face

A working woman watches as two men sort it out

Dec 29, 2023 •

July 2023

The Hint of a Smile

Her fingers bunched up a part of my shirt, like she was in need of something to cling to. The sky approached a darker shade of blue overhead. The…

Jul 21, 2023 •

Live for that look

I’m dancing on the chair again. My clothes are on this time. The groove has my feet moving and my spine tingling. I know Troy just called and asked me…

Jul 11, 2023 •

May 2023

Death Wish on Acid

"It's all good dog!"

May 22, 2023 •

David Joy examines Those We Thought We Knew

The author's fifth novel releases in August 2023

May 20, 2023 •

With Intent to Sell and Smoke

It was the end for me but only the beginning for Number 4

May 17, 2023 •

Reflecting on David Joy

A look back at the author's first four novels

May 5, 2023 •

April 2023

A brief glimpse of inner struggle

Looking back at a practice that kept me alive

Apr 20, 2023 •

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