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The Crown After the Cage: Vo Thi Nhu Mai Reflects on Lavonnie McManus’s “Moth, Mirror, Crown”

$nVeeism cover for The Crown After the Cage, reflecting Lavonnie McManus’s Moth, Mirror, Crown with fractured mirrors, a crown, moths, a cage, and women standing together.$

Vo Thi Nhu Mai reflects on Lavonnie McManus’s “Moth, Mirror, Crown,” exploring survival, shame, addiction, recovery, identity, and the strength of becoming whole again.

Vo Thi Nhu Mai
October 17, 2026