The Blacker the Berry, the Quicker They Shoot
Fear is real. Pain is real. Loss is real. Suffering is real.
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...moreI can’t relax. Bullets are on my mind.
...moreThis is the story I needed as a young girl; this is the story we all need.
...moreAngie Thomas discusses her debut novel, The Hate U Give, landing an agent on Twitter, and why she trusts teenagers more than the publishing industry.
...moreAs we move backward in time, we must beware of yellow brick fallacies. Also: poppy fields, flying monkeys, and entrepreneurial wizards.
...moreWhat is the distance between sympathy and action? How do we travel from one to the other?
...moreIn those little moments, a higher truth emerges from above the rink: with some humor, peace becomes more possible.
...moreA bubble is a sphere of privilege, but it also provides the safety to mix up more soapy water and to blow new bubbles to protect what we hold dear.
...moreA Deputy Chief Recommended Dismissal Long Ago
...moreWhat strikes me is not the necrophilia or the fetal pigs or the spoon designed for scooping out human brain matter, but rather the mundane.
...moreTwo authors take a trip that they did not take to a place that’s no place (but could be anywhere) in Wiley Cash’s feature on novelist T. Geronimo Johnson and his new book, Welcome to Braggsville.
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