Two regional authors explore motherhood, mental health and patriarchal pressure in their new books

Fantasy allows us to escape the harshness of reality, either illuminating unseen truths or shrouding it beneath a thick haze.

Two new releases from Spokane-based authors — Spinning Tea Cups: A Mythical American Memoir by Alexandra Teague and out takes/ glove box by Maya Jewell Zeller — explore themes of motherhood, mental health, and the beauty and dangers of fantasy through autobiographical lenses.

Zeller’s out takes/ glove box, which was awarded the New American Poetry Prize by poet Eduardo Corral, is a collection of poems divided into five sections, beginning with

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