Recommended Reading on Baltimore and Beyond
I can’t possibly say anything better or more impactful or more insightful than the things...
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(I Always Wanted) To Be a Star
No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be; Am an attendant lord, one that will do To swell a...
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Formidable Words by Some of My Favorite Formidable Women
In honor of Formidable Women Day, I’d like to let some of them speak for themselves: “Ships...
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On Becoming a Metaphor
I’ve been asked a few times if being pregnant has changed my mind on abortion rights, or...
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Hi, My Name Is Amber Sparks and I Am a Failure
From time to time, someone will tell me that everything seems to come so easily for me. And...
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What Work Is and Why It Matters: Mourning Philip Levine
It’s probably an exaggeration to say that Philip Levine saved my sanity. But not by much. He...
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The Internet Is a Hard Place to Be Human: Toward a Better Internet Discourse
As a writer I have issues with tools that reduce us, with anything that asks us to measure...
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Why the Fight for Civil Rights Is a Fight for Economic Rights
My husband and I took a trip to New Orleans, returning just in time for Martin Luther King’s...
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Our History Here and Now: An Introduction to The Long View
It’s mostly untrue, that hoary old chestnut about those who don’t remember history...
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