Dear Lily June, I owe you updates on the bad things, like how deeply I’ve sunk into a staggering depression,… Read more On Today Today
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Quotation Challenge, Day 3–On the Occasion of an Impending Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Dear Lily June, Allow me to repeat myself. Day 1 explains a little more about this, but essentially for three… Read more Quotation Challenge, Day 3–On the Occasion of an Impending Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Quotation Challenge, Day 2–On the Occasion of an Impending Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Dear Lily June, Day 1 explains a little more about this, but essentially for three days, I’m using the quotation… Read more Quotation Challenge, Day 2–On the Occasion of an Impending Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Quotation Challenge, Day 1–On the Occasion of an Impending Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Dear Lily June, The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a paragon of virtue, a human pantheon of knowledge and a… Read more Quotation Challenge, Day 1–On the Occasion of an Impending Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Invisible Man–On the Occasion that Your Mother Takes Up Reading Harder
Dear Lily June, Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man is ostensibly a novel about (forgive the heresy of the paraphrase here) a black man who… Read more Invisible Man–On the Occasion that Your Mother Takes Up Reading Harder
Covered in Skin–On the Occasion that You’re Learning Your Colors
Dear Lily June, The mother in me takes so much pride in you. We’re currently working on colors. “Geen” I… Read more Covered in Skin–On the Occasion that You’re Learning Your Colors
Unraveling, Part III–On the Occasion of Your Meeting Carly
Dear Lily June, I’ve had a problematic relationship with dolls, anyway. Once, in a college class I took on gender… Read more Unraveling, Part III–On the Occasion of Your Meeting Carly
Unraveling, Part II–On the Occasion of Being a Failure as a Teacher
*TRIGGER WARNING: This post contains a link to a graphic image of a brutally murdered boy named Emmett Till. Because… Read more Unraveling, Part II–On the Occasion of Being a Failure as a Teacher
Unraveling, Part I–On the Occasion of More Murders in America
Dear Lily June, Imagine you are born in a very cold place. In this place, there are many groups of… Read more Unraveling, Part I–On the Occasion of More Murders in America
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