Ice Queen Interviews Briar Ripley Page Ice Queen:  Okay, I would love to go ahead and just like dive right in here because I have so many things I want to talk about. I always start off with just tell me about the pieces that you chose and and what what the process was behind writing it. I'm particularly interested in "Midwest Oasis". Briar:  Well, that one actually is, I don't know, I think it's more straightforward insofar as it's kind of based on well, sort of like a collage of personal...

Year Three, Fourth Friday of October My Culture Is Not Your Costume  My culture is not a Halloween costume  With high-pigmented face...

The morning was rusty, and the people of Talan were still tucked cosily away in their beds.