Fact: Democracy as we know it is at stake.
Complicit silence is the most dangerous of all the infectious plagues.
Nowhere in the Bible will you find bootstraps, antidepressants, or a good therapist.
Jill McCorkle, a native of North Carolina, is the author of four story collections and seven novels, most recently Hieroglyphics. Her work has been published in many periodicals and included in Best American Short Stories. She is core faculty in the Bennington Writing Seminars and affiliated with the MFA Program at NC State University.