Stripping stigma from exotic dancing
Margretta Sackor Contributing Writer When I was in high school, I found my sexuality. I used my femininity as a way to cope with depression. I always admired exotic dancers and wondered how they performed so gracefully in front of a room full of strangers. I don’t think people understand the full picture. Some try […]
Hernan Diaz: A Q&A with the VCU Cabell First Novelist award winner
Katie Bashista, Spectrum Editor Hernán Díaz, winner of the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award for his work, “In the Distance,” will speak at VCU Nov. 6. His novel recounts the story of two Swedish brothers who leave their country for New York in the 1850s. The brothers are separated and the younger of the two, […]