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David Moolten

Those Winter Sundays

 Sundays too my father got up earlyand put his clothes on in the blueblack cold,Thus begins one of my favorite poems, “Those Winter...
Balthazar Rodrigue  Nzomono-Balenda

The arrogance of clergy...

Culture of secrecy For decades, the Catholic church has kept horrific tales of abuse from the public eye. When victims come forward and...
Pavel Somov, Ph.D.

Advaita!

1.Lean into the sky with your stare.See all of its black infinity behind the azure blue of the familiar.Realize that all, all, all...
Pavel Somov, Ph.D.

Short Attention Span Blog # 1

This is a “short-attention-span” blog for the minds on the go.  Simple format:  five pattern-interruption thoughts to help you stay awake. Here we go:1.  Kindness is...
Katie Burke

My Five Words of Thanksgiving

I sat with my mom on my parents' bed, watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on TV. Our home was in Phoenix, Arizona,...
Mayra Calvani

Review of America Libre, by Raul Ramos...

America Libre By Raul Ramos y Sanchez Grand Central Publishing ISBN: 978-0446507752 Copyright August 2009 General Fiction Dramatic and thought-provoking, America Libre is...
Andrew Lewis

Little known story of Claudette Colvin featured...

The New York Times had a great story today about Claudette Colvin, a forgotten civil rights pioneer. Seem my earlier post for a...
Andrew Lewis

For younger readers a great book about...

For younger readers I highly recommend Philip Hoose's Twice Toward Justice, which recounts the story of Claudette Colvin, a Montgomery Alabama teen whose...
Andrew Lewis

For younger readers a great book about...

For younger readers I highly recommend Philip Hoose's Twice Toward Justice, which recounts the story of Claudette Colvin, a Montgomery Alabama teen whose...
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    Bernice L McFadden Influences: Toni Morrison Alice Walker Rita Dove J. California Cooper Ann Petry Upcoming Works: Lover Man (written under my pseudonym Geneva Holliday) June 2009 Agent(s): Andrew Stuart Publisher(s): Dutton Plume Random House Causes I Support: Hurston Wright Foundation Girls Write Now Girls Educational and Mentoring Services (GEMS)
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Ivory Madison

Democrats Eat Babies on Christmas, Institute Says

[This story originally ran in a major news outlet that shall remain nameless. Okay, I made it up in response to a story...
Red Room Well Red

Weekly Blog Topic: Halloween

"Double, double toil and trouble;Fire burn, and caldron bubble." –Macbeth, Act IV, Scene 1 Halloween has become many countries' most popular occasion to...

Overheard In the Red Room

"I need (books) the way arteries need blood, the way teenagers need Twitter, the way the BBC needs Helen Mirren."

-- Kyla Perry