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More Right
MY AUNT LOU told me once that it is easier for our people to believe in magic than it is for others. As soon as she said it, I knew Continue reading
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In Praise of Peaches
WHEN SAN FRANCISCO’S shelter-in-place order started on March 17, 2020, I did not feel as cut off from the world as many did. I already worked at home and maintained social connections Continue reading
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Protected: Insurgent Hoop
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The Counsel of Despair
As I navigate among the various faces I have in this world—the Happy Everyday Me, the Policy Wonk Me, the New Radical Me—I sometimes fall into the Despairing Me. I try Continue reading
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A Pointed Angle
I HAVE OBSESSED over a letter that has lingered in my mother’s family for a good long while. It was written by a young mapmaker from his convalescent bed in Austin, Continue reading