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Yesterday there were coordinated terrorist attacks all over Paris. I was shaken by it – Paris is one of the places that has shaped me, I’ve been many times and have friends and family in the area. And then I was doubly shaken by the response of my radical...

i am writing my second novel this month!!!, so i won’t be blogging much, but wanted to come on here to share a few things: 1. the novel i am writing has a serious and intriguing situation at the center, but no real plot. i am having the time of my life...

Today was the memorial of Grace Lee Boggs, my mentor and friend. There was an extensive program. Danny Glover came to honor Grace. There were indigenous grandmothers, family members, musicians, poets including Tawana Petty and Will Copeland (who Grace...

Setting: Halloween night, warm and cozy Italian restaurant, candle lit on table. Ben and Don are seated, with glasses of wine. They are both eating pasta, we join mid conversation. Ben:…and I simply don’t care what he has to say about me, he’s just...

My knee says sit down. My cough says shut up. My heart says there is more grief in here, and more tenderness. My vertebrae say sleep. My gut says no thank you. The base of my skull says Oh yes, that. My right ear drum says the world is too loud...