For some time, I've had a Holiday Gift Guide planned for today's post, but it doesn't feel right to lead off November with that, given how tumultuous the past week has been for Americans. So I am delaying the Gift Guide until tomorrow, and offering one person's message of tolerance today, for what it's worth. … Continue reading A Message of Tolerance
I am honored to announce that Smoky Quartz has published my short story Two Kinds of People in their Fall 2021 issue. Two Kinds of People was a labor of love for me, a way to breathe life into a character that otherwise would have been left comatose after my forthcoming novel was cut for … Continue reading Short Story Published in Smoky Quartz
Like many of my fellow white people, I am undergoing a serious education about what it's like to be black in America today. I am wondering what we can do, as individuals and as a society, to finally eradicate racism (to the extent that that is possible; I believe that even if 99% of US … Continue reading What Audre Lorde Said