Hi, y’all. Just a quick note to let the four people who’ll likely see this know I’m still here, still kicking, still writing. What I’m writing is a sequel to my novel “Everywhere She’s Not.”
[Read more…]What to tell your child about racism
So, you know my mother and father—your grandparents? When their parents were the age you are now, there were black senior citizens walking around everywhere, who, from the very moment they were born, were owned by white people.
[Read more…]To the mothers out there protesting
When I was 9 and 10 years old, my mother was always out on college campuses—San Jose State, Berkeley, San Francisco State—rioting for civil rights and against the Vietnam War. (1967-68 was an extremely busy time for social activists.) [Read more…]
Postcard from the coronavirus
What else is there to say about this? [Read more…]
Where and how Trump is taking us all
I haven’t seen where anyone else has said what I’m about to (although I have to assume many have: there’s only so much news one can take in), so I won’t feel like I did my job during this phase of our collective lives if I don’t say it at least once. [Read more…]
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