G. Wayne Miller

After choosing single motherhood through insemination, Marlena Davis shares how writing a letter to her unborn son—and embracing therapy, medication, and community—helped her build a life of resilience and connection

‘It’s been remarkable for us to see just such a positive impact that she has’

Brown and the Library’s mission is to ‘serve the community, the nation and the world by discovering, communicating and preserving knowledge and understanding in a spirit of free inquiry’

‘The history of the Americas — and even our own country — is not the story of a single people’