Ally, I thought I’d send a little note. I’ve been sending all kinds of notes this weekend. I turned my second book over to my editor at the University of Nebraska Press on Thursday evening. That out of my hands for a while, I will get back deep into dissertation,…
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Thanks very much, Auggie. It was great seeing Adrian and having that really nice message, as well as the plug for the book. Please give Adrian our best and tell him that all the labels Shiela put up on things before he came—the little tags on things with their Spanish…
Leave a CommentDear Rocky, You know, Rocky, your note comes at the right moment. I just now received another reminder of how important little things are. A note. A phone call. A thought. My good friend and brother, Andre Jefferson, has gone to the hospital and won’t return home again. He found…
Leave a CommentBilly, I keep obsessing on a work of art, an instillation. Signs, each big enough to read at several hundred feet. Each sign will have one word. That one word will be a racial, gender, sexual, or ethnic epithet. Haunky, corncracker, peckerwood, whitey, spic, wop, n-word, coon, darkie, bitch, whore,…
Leave a CommentJoseph, My friend just sent me the discussion you brought up regarding minority participation on the job site. I’m right there with you. I saw some of the nasty posts. I’m sorry so many brothers are small minded when it comes to race. At least we have them in a…
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