
The Body Still Isn’t A Temple: On Pregnancy and the Cult of Purity
It took me about two months of throwing up almost every day before I asked for a prescription for...
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Posted by Amy McDaniel | Jul 14, 2017 | Civics |
It took me about two months of throwing up almost every day before I asked for a prescription for...
Read MorePosted by Amy McDaniel | Jun 23, 2017 | Publishing |
We needed a better vocabulary for women friendship. Good literature is the most robust means of developing a new lexicon to talk about an old and elastic thing.
Read MorePosted by Amy McDaniel | Apr 14, 2017 | Real Pants |
Two years ago this week, Freddie Gray died of spinal cord injuries after being in a coma resulting...
Read MorePosted by Amy McDaniel | Nov 21, 2016 | Civics |
Because 100% isn’t enough right now, 200% of book sales (full cover price doubled) through...
Read MorePosted by Amy McDaniel | May 2, 2016 | Table of Contents |
The characters in Lavinia Ludlow’s Single Stroke Seven (Casperian Books) may not enjoy the...
Read MorePosted by Amy McDaniel | Mar 21, 2016 | Inseam |
Resistance, Connection, and Readings Last week, I went to an excellent reading hosted by Scott...
Read MorePosted by Amy McDaniel | Feb 12, 2016 | Civics |
A student from Afghanistan told me a story about an American man who said he wanted to free Afghan...
Read MorePosted by Amy McDaniel | Jan 12, 2016 | Civics |
2015 was a whole year in two parts. Amy McDaniel writes about starting Real Pants, a new career, and 12 books.
Read MorePosted by Amy McDaniel | Jul 6, 2015 | Summer Reading |
I promised to write about Promising Young Women for the first entry in my summer reading journal,...
Read MorePosted by Amy McDaniel | Jun 23, 2015 | Civics |
Amanda Johnston is a poet and one of the organizers of Black Poets Speak Out (BPSO), which started...
Read MorePosted by Amy McDaniel | Jun 22, 2015 | Civics |
South Carolina and every other state and entity and person must stop flying the Confederate flag:...
Read MorePosted by Amy McDaniel | Jun 8, 2015 | Audio/Visual |
Halle Butler, author of the intensely excellent new novel Jillian (Curbside Splendor), is at work...
Read MorePosted by Amy McDaniel | Jun 5, 2015 | Summer Reading |
Reading summer reading lists is, apparently, at the top of my summer reading list. I think...
Read MorePosted by Amy McDaniel | May 13, 2015 | Civics |
Give thanks for this amazing resource: A Google Doc that introduces and re-introduces you to...
Read MorePosted by Amy McDaniel | May 12, 2015 | Primary Sources |
Black Lives Matter, and Black Words Matter. The nonprofit organization Writers in Baltimore...
Read MorePosted by Amy McDaniel | May 1, 2015 | Civics |
These are excerpts from Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s press conference on...
Read MorePosted by Amy McDaniel | May 1, 2015 | Prompts |
This week’s writing prompt comes from Mindela Ruby, author of the new novel Mosh It Up (Pen-L),...
Read MorePosted by Amy McDaniel | May 1, 2015 | Eat Read |
Eat: Baltimore You can put Old Bay on popcorn. You can sprinkle it on cucumbers if that’s...
Read MorePosted by Amy McDaniel | Apr 17, 2015 | Prompts |
Here you go. Here’s a prompt. First watch this: Then watch this: Then write something....
Read MorePosted by Amy McDaniel | Apr 17, 2015 | Eat Read |
Eat: Wednesday, our host Bryan’s Volvo broke down right outside baggage claim....
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