#Snowflake
I remember that horrible feeling on election night, when it became clear things were rapidly going south. More
Weekend After
I grew up in the deep south during segregation. It was the worst racism and discrimination. But we fought and we didn’t let ourselves become hopeless. More
Battleground
When I lived between border patrol checkpoints, no one ever told me to go home. More
Precious Time
There’s nothing like losing your country when you’re little to help you see NATIONALISM as the strange and unnatural thing that it is. More
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Evident Truths
My Maternal grandmother was 6 years old when the 19th amendment passed. Her mother, who was illiterate, wouldn’t get to vote until her daughters brought her to the polls… More
Those Other Nurses
What starts as a memory riff on the kind of punning coincidence that puts the very sleep-deprived into giggle fits … evolves into a powerful meditation on where we… More
The PEN Ten with Camille Rankine
I like to hear stories from worlds that aren't my own. Sometimes, when I'm listening, a phrase floats into the air and everything else gets quiet, and it's like… More
Public Works
It was an election year. The switchboards flickered with stars in their / universe of calls. Of all places, a public park. The workers had begun / to dig,… More
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