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Gratitude for Being a Writer
I love my life as a writer for several reasons. Primarily, I enjoy the craft of writing; the satisfaction I get from putting my thoughts into words. I love the research, the impact on my own thinking, and turning it all into words on a page; the art of creating...
Dear “White” People, please read Between the World and Me
Toni Morrison says of Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates's letter-in-book-form to his teenage son, "This is required reading." As one who has been enculturated throughout my life to believe I am "white" I not only agree with Ms. Morrison, but believe Between...
The Bench: a short story
My intention was to write a brief post about a bench, the picture of which I had posted on Facebook. But I didn't get any other writing done on the day I composed this. My intention is to work on writing projects first thing each day. But I let the world intrude that...
Meeting Randall Platt
Katrina Browne extended the official invitation to me in February 2001. I would join her and eight other distant cousins in a few months to retrace the Triangle Slave Trade route of our slave-trading ancestors from Rhode Island to Ghana to Cuba and back. She would...
The Beloved Community
For the past two and a half years I have worked for a non-profit organization I've been part of since it was formed almost 10 years ago. Coming to the Table is a committed and growing group of people providing leadership, resources and a supportive environment for all...