To the editor of LIBER,
I knew I was gonna love Jessica Baumgardner’s piece about Catherine Newman’s novel Sandwich (“Flesh and Blood,” volume 3, issue 1), and then I loved it even way more than that. The writing about Jessica’s inner life and relationship to her family is so vivid—it all resonates and shows me things I might have missed otherwise. (Like, a 4:30 p.m. rage hour is a thing?!) I loved what she says and how she says it. It moves me and gives me permission to savor this connection with women and my changing life and body. To go ahead and notice—and release/express/explode accordingly—what things really feel like right now all the time. That’s so valuable. So, so valuable. Thank you for publishing it, and thanks to her for writing it.
