Lesa Parnham

“It’s amazing how a wound so small can refuse to heal and inflict so much discomfort.”
― Alice Feeney, Good Bad Girl

“There is always a reason why people behave the way that they do. Sometimes bad people are just sad people in disguise.”
― Alice Feeney, Good Bad Girl

“Even the people we loved kept pieces of themselves hidden away from the light.”
― S.A. Cosby, All the Sinners Bleed

“For the first time since I submitted the manuscript, I feel a deep wash of shame. This isn’t my history, my heritage. This isn’t my community. I am an outsider, basking in their love under false pretenses. It should be Athena sitting here, smiling with these people, signing books and listening to the stories of her elders.”
― R.F. Kuang, Yellowface