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My poetry triptych, “On the Precipice in This Perilous Moment”, has been published in Volume 6 of wildscape literary journal. The theme of their Spring 2026 issue is: calm // storm. wildscape was established in 2024 as an online literary and art magazine showcasing poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and visual art. My three-part poem surveys the landscape of this country since the return of the convicted felon to the White House on January 20, 2025…
After this shameful week in the United States Senate, later in the House of Representatives, and today when Felon 47 takes out his Sharpie and scrawls his illegible nonsense on a bill that should never have been sanctioned let alone. Instead, give a listen to a reading of this scathing speech by the Honorable Frederick Douglass, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” as orated by his descendants. Douglass delivered this speech to the Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society in Rochester, New York on July 5, 1852. So much of what he speaks to is tragically still relevant today…
Several years ago, during the nadir of our accidentally-elected political clown show and just before the pandemic, I found I only wanted to read history and biography. I was trying to understand how we got ourselves in the mess we were clearly in
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The city of ideas remains alive and well and living between the covers of many a book. I seek out volumes that teach me things, that remind me of the necessity of history and creativity and having an open and curious mind. I like to read stories of lives
