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Black History Month: Death by Journal
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Okay—circle of trust here. After dropping my youngest child off at college all the way from San Antonio, Texas, to Lawrence, Kansas, at The...
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Black History Month: Fits, Photos, and Happily Ever Afters
Back when I taught at Southwest High School in San Antonio, Sharri Peterson, who dubbed herself my work wife, was my school spirit partner. Whenever...
Black History Month: The Friend You Need
In just the past few weeks, I’ve seen two friends post on social media about their spirit animals. Neither of them is Native American. Recently,...
Black History Month: He Sees Dead People
My mother tells this story of being so exhausted that she couldn’t get up to rock my older brother, her first child, back to sleep in the middle of...
Architecture, Design & Structure in Literature
Ernest Hemingway once famously said that “Prose is architecture. It’s not interior design.” Well-known for the sparsity and tight structure of his...
Dear Son, (A Black History Month Mini-Lesson)
On December 20, four days after his semester finished, my youngest son flew home for Christmas break. On December 29, he flew back—19 days before his...
New Beginnings: Born a Crime
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood is a memoir by Trevor Noah about his upbringing in South Africa and how he became a popular...
New Beginnings: Tokyo Ever After
Tokyo Ever After: A Novel by Emiko Jean has been climbing the charts as one of the most popular books right now for young adults. With Netflix’s “The...
New Beginnings: Let's Get Lost
Adi Alsaid has released many young adult books since his first title, Let’s Get Lost, but I can promise you, this one blazes through as just as good,...
New Beginnings: Some Girls Do
Many students endure the (not-so-fun) ritual of moving schools mid-year. In Some Girls Do by Jennifer Dugan, this is the reality of one of the two...