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In the year since its publication, ‘A Kiss across the Ocean: Transatlantic Intimacies of British Post-Punk and US Latinidad’ has connected author Richard T. Rodríguez with fellow admirers of the genre.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2025

Taken from her collection, Intimacies, she told Good Morning Ulster her editor entered the story for the award, having previously been shortlisted in 2012 and 2019.

From BBC • Oct. 20, 2021

Intimacies fail, TV shows are canceled, but something of that other person’s belief in us remains in our rewired emotional DNA.

From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2021

“With that condemnation, the number of white-black adoptions quickly plummeted, according to Kennedy’s 2003 book, “Interracial Intimacies: Sex, Marriage, Identity, and Adoption.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2019

Intimacies grow up quickly, and often become lasting friendships when fostered by such influences.

From Paul Patoff by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)