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Author Ruby McConnell

Ground Truth: A Q&A With Author Ruby McConnell

In Ground Truth, scientist and writer Ruby McConnell explores the connections between the landscapes we live in and the impact they have on our families, communities, and in our hearts. Read...
Bad Tourist by Suzanne Roberts

Cover Reveal: A First Look At Suzanne Roberts' Bad Tourist

Ravishly presents a first look at the cover for Suzanne Roberts' Bad Tourist: Misadventures in Love and Travel (University of Nebraska Press, October 2020).

Bad Tourist

Both a memoir in travel essays and an anti-guidebook, Bad Tourist takes us across four continents to fifteen countries, showing us what not to do when traveling. A woman learning to claim her own desires and adventures, Suzanne Roberts encounters lightning and landslides, sharks and piranha-infested waters, a nightclub drugging, burning bodies, and brief affairs as she searches for the love of her life and finally herself.

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Photo of sunset in Madagascar courtesy of the author.

The Power Of Art—An interview With Anita Felicelli

Chimera can denote a monster, a fantasy, or an organism containing at least two distinct sets of DNA. It is this hybridity, multiple sets of DNA woven together to form something new, that sets Chimerica apart.  Read...
HALF by Sharon Harrigan

Cover Reveal: A First Look At HALF, Author Sharon Harrigan's New Novel 

What if two people were so close they shared (almost) everything?  Read...
Photo of the author by Sophie Davidson

How Do You Say ‘I Love You’ In Stickers?

And are those bouncy rabbits so innocent?  Read...
DJ Lee's Remote: Finding Home in the Bitterroots

Remote: A Look Inside DJ Lee's New Memoir

We here at Ravishly are excited about DJ Lee's new memoir, Remote: Finding Home in the Bitterroots. We asked her to share a bit about the book with our readers and us. Read...
From the author's mother's modeling dossier, courtesy of Elizabeth Kadetsky.

The Memory Eaters: A Q&A With Author Elizabeth Kadetsky

At turns lyrical, poignant, and alluring, The Memory Eaters tells the story of a family’s cyclical and intergenerational incidents of trauma, secret-keeping, and forgetting in the context of the 1970s and 1980s New York City. Read...
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How To Set Boundaries With A Gossipy Coworker

In a professional setting, there’s really no excuse for bad-mouthing anyway — be it your client, colleague or CEO. Read...