Mid-Summer 2024 Issue

LAST FALL, HOUSTON writer, poet, playwright, and performer Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton enjoyed great success at Stages with her play Plumshuga, a celebration of the life story of legendary ballet dancer Lauren Anderson. In her brand-new, debut memoir Black Chameleon: Memory, Womanhood, and Myth, Mouton shares her own story in prose that reimagines the possibilities of what an autobiography can be. Publishers Weekly calls Black Chameleon “a spirited portrait of Black American womanhood,” and it is certainly another fine example of the high level of literary innovation and excellence to be found in Houston.