ARTICLES, ESSAYS, POETRY, STORIES

Unconventional Women: The Wild Lives Of George Sand And Colette 0
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- March 5, 2021
Bold and brilliant are terms often used to describe George Sand (1804-1876) and Colette (1873-1954). As it turns out, the two French authors have many things in common besides their celebrated literary production. Because of their character and chosen lifestyle, these feminist icons turned cultural expectations for women upside down. And somehow, despite behaviors which
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French Writers And The Club Des Hashischins 0
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- January 22, 2021
The current movement to legalize marijuana brings back memories of earlier historical events which made headline news. “Turn on, tune in, drop out” was the well-known phrase often repeated by Harvard psychologist Timothy Leary to encourage recreational drug use among mid-twentieth century Americans. In the 1940s he began studying the effects of psychedelic substances on
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What Is The Truth? 8 Books, Articles, And Podcasts To Help You Distinguish The Truth 0
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- July 9, 2020
I get asked a lot of questions lately, but sometimes I find people don’t want to hear my answers. The purpose of the question, then, is perhaps to provoke, not actually have a dialogue. As I urged in my last article, “Keep Asking Why: Top 10 Books To Help You Understand Systemic Racism,” I implore
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Keep Asking Why: Top 10 Books To Help You Understand Systemic Racism 0
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- June 12, 2020
I’m racist. Some may say I have some racial bias, but sugarcoating a problem isn’t a helpful tack. If you had asked me ten years ago, I would have said that I’m color-blind, and I’m embarrassed to admit it. I’ve thought, done, and said racist things in my life, never with intention, but does intention
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What Happens When Truth Catches Up With Fiction?0
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- July 3, 2019
Novelist-poet-playwright Doris Lessing famously said: “There’s no doubt that fiction makes a better job of the truth.” It is interesting, however, that—at least in the case of climate fiction (cli-fi)—the truth is catching up with fiction much faster than anticipated. In my book, Tales from The Warming, I tried to apply Lessing’s dictum to telling
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The Secret Magic Of Rereading Your Favorite Books 0
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- February 19, 2019
I warped back in time tonight. It’s been close to 30 years since I read Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic The Secret Garden. I found my old copy lingering in my classroom and brought it home to read aloud to my eight and ten-year-old. It’s funny though. I couldn’t really tell them why I wanted to
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