Melissa Dinsman is an assistant professor of English at York College, CUNY, where she teaches courses on 20th-century literature and media studies. Her recent writings include Modernism at the Microphone (Bloomsbury Academic, 2015) and work in Modernism/modernity and LARB. She is also a proud adoptive parent.
Melissa Dinsman
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Adoption and the Abundance of Narrative
Adoption narratives are hard to tell. This is ironic given that adoptions are fueled by stories. Birth parents tell themselves that giving up their child is for the best and …
