by pockettech | Jul 31, 2018 | Books
Coming in 2019 from Skyhorse Publishing… An addition to the Little Books of Justice & Peacebuilding series, by co-authors Tom DeWolf and Jodie Geddes. Tom and Jodie have been working together since she joined the Board of Managers for Coming to the Table (CTTT),...
by pockettech | Jul 31, 2018 | Books
Winner of the Phillis Wheatley Award for best Nonfiction/Biography & Memoir! Gather at the Table: The Healing Journey of a Daughter of Slavery and a Son of the Slave Trade (2012, Beacon Press; co-authored with Sharon Morgan): “Gather at the Table is an honest...
by pockettech | Jul 31, 2018 | Books
Inheriting the Trade: A Northern Family Confronts Its Legacy as the Largest Slave-Trading Dynasty in U.S. History (2008, Beacon Press; Tom’s first book of his experiences in making Traces of the Trade): “Tom DeWolf’s deeply personal story, of his own journey as well...
by Tom DeWolf | Jun 27, 2018 | Author Stuff, Writing
(note: this post first appeared on AndiLit.com) I love books. I’ve been an avid reader all my life. Writers have been my greatest inspiration. I’ve wanted to be a writer for most of my 64 years. I remember the precise moment it all began for me; when I knew I would be...
by Tom DeWolf | May 31, 2018 | Other Musings, Race, Oppression, Privilege, Trauma and Healing
Driving across town to take my 9-year old granddaughter to her piano lesson, we listened to a story on NPR about children being taken from their parents by American officials at the Mexican/U.S. border. Two young boys were taken from their mother in March and are...
by Tom DeWolf | Sep 11, 2017 | Other Musings
The Los Angeles Dodgers are having an epic seasonThey won games at such a torrid pace it was possible they would amass the all-time record for most wins in a season. Sports Illustrated put them on the cover on August 22 asking whether this year’s team might be...
by Tom DeWolf | May 28, 2017 | Trauma and Healing
On Friday afternoon, May 26, 2017, on a MAX commuter train in Northeast Portland, Oregon, a man began verbally abusing two women, one of whom was wearing a hijab, with racist, anti-Muslim insults. When other passengers intervened, the man pulled a knife and attacked....
by Tom DeWolf | Apr 13, 2017 | Infinite Possibilities, Movies, Reviews
This film took my breath away. Literally. I found myself short of breath toward the end. I highly recommend Collateral Beauty. Yep, it got a score of 12% on Rotten Tomatoes. It was savaged by critics. It died at the box office. I don’t watch movies that receive...
by Tom DeWolf | Mar 12, 2017 | Author Stuff, Writing, Books
Dear “White” People, For all of us who consider ourselves “white” – we who have immigrated [or our ancestors did] to the United States from Europe [primarily]. I have a hope and a request that we will watch the film, I Am Not Your Negro....
by Tom DeWolf | Feb 19, 2017 | Movies, Reviews
I watched the new Oliver Stone film Snowden a few weeks ago. It gave me the creeps. I recognize it’s a Hollywood/Stone version of a story about a guy people consider either a traitor or a hero. It still gave me the creeps. Though Stone’s version of JFK is...
