The protagonist of Eden Royce’s Psychopomp and Circumstance, Phaedra St. Margaret is known as Phee, which challenged the way I pronounced ‘Phaedra’ in my head. The St. Margarets are a rich Reconstruction era rich Black family. They are made of overbearing mother, passive father, and wilful daughter – Phee – who unwillingly goes to Get a Husband bustle dress dance parties. At the old age of 21, Phee is ready to stop going to these parties, stop getting courted, and go do her own thing, […]
A magic high stakes funeral
Psychopomp and Circumstance by Eden Royce
