![]() In Moniz’s debut collection, Milk Blood Heat(Grove Press), two young girls-one white, one black-make a blood pact to become sworn sisters, a connection that persists even after one befalls a terrible tragedy an ageing man whose cancer-stricken wife refuses chemotherapy treatments struggles with his own fragility at the local watering hole a woman starts to see spectral body parts everywhere after losing a pregnancy. It felt true and taboo in the way that the greatest fiction often does. ![]() In one of the first stories I read by Dantiel Moniz, a woman grappling with a failing marriage wonders, “If this near-universal disdain a daughter can feel for a mother might be necessary for the appreciation that comes later, if this is what it takes to love.” I was struck by the honesty of that line, the story’s willingness to face the ugly things we often think or feel about those we most love. ![]()
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