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Black Jesus
Venita Blackburn
“After school I arrived at home, took off my shoes at the door, kissed the 8x10 photo of black Jesus in the hall, ate Froot Loops over the sink so Nana wouldn’t scream if I spilled milk on the carpet, and then watched tv.”
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"I feel the Force. I listen to my gut. I write what feels good."
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"His Direct Apprehension of the Real was Amazing"
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From Katz's Pastrami to a Towering Fish Stick Abomination
Angela Davis on Black Lives Matter, Palestine, and the Future of Radicalism
"Theories of Freedom are Always Tentative"
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Where Are the Likes? Coming to Terms with Being a Writer on Social Media
When News of Publication Garners Way More Attention Than the Writing Itself
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A Complicated Past Doesn't Need to Be a Complicated Present
“What Am I Trying to Leave Behind?” An Interview with Jhumpa Lahiri
On Translation, Origin Stories, and Falling in Love with a Language
Wearing the Veil: What It Means to Wear the Hijab (Or Not)
On a New Anthology That Explores the Intersection of Faith and Public Identity
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On Waiting for the Big One, and the Imprecise Science of Seismology
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