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K.E. Garland

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K E Garland is an award-winning blogger and essayist based in Florida. She uses creative nonfiction to de-marginalize women’s experiences with an intent to highlight and humanize contemporary issues.

Her debut memoir, In Search of a Salve: Memoir of a Sex Addict was long listed for the 2024 Santa Fe Writers Project.

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	In Search of a Salve: Memoir of a Sex Addict 4.82 avg rating — 22 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Unhappy Wife 4.50 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Daddy: Reflections of Father-Daughter Relationships 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kwoted by K.E. Garland (Goodreads Author), Liltera R. Williams (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Adoptee Awareness Month: From One Adoptee to Another: Let’s Develop Self-Awareness, Identity, and Empathy

Ever since 1995, November had been Adoption Awareness Month. But two years ago, adoptees began reclaiming the month as a way to demarginalize our voices and to raise awareness. So, we celebrate ADOPTEE AWARENESS MONTH as way to reshape the narrative. I mean, adoption was supposed to be about us, right?

So, for Adoption Awareness Month, I’m sharing the latest piece I published, which shows what I le

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Orishas, Goddesses, and Voodoo Queens: The Divine Feminine in the African Religious Traditions

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Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot

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This is a really good book! I often wondered if it needed to be 790 words, but in order to tell the story of how interconnected Africans, Indigenous people, and white folks are, it had to be this long. Excellent work on Jeffers' part. ...more
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Every parent who choose adoption and every adoptee should read this book.
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K.E. Garland rated a book it was amazing Seduire: Serial Tales & Flash Fiction by Tremaine L. Loadholt	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I had to look up the word Séduire, so I could understand this compilation. What was Tremaine L. Loadholt trying to accomplish with these stories? Where was she trying to take me? Well, the definition of séduire means to seduce; to charm; to appeal to ...more
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K.E. Garland is now following Tremaine Loadholt Author of A New Kind of Down: The Breath & Bones of a Writer
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K.E. Garland rated a book it was amazing Black Women Taught Us: An Intimate History of Black Feminism by Jenn M. Jackson (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
love, Love, LOVE this book. It is so necessary, anytime, but especially now when so many of us are seeking ways to be in community and do social justice work with like-minded folks. Thank you Dr. Jackson for this gem.
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