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ABCs of Living Local
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Where Is Walt When We Need Him?
This thoughtful guest blog comes to us from Michael Greene, citizen of New Orleans. He and I have known each other for decades and debated more issues than I can name. “I spent the morning thinking about a passage in Henry Miller’s short book “The Time of the Assassins” where he writes that the Surrealists…
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Family History Through Poetry
Lately, I am reminded of a line I wrote some time ago: “It’s my job to remember things I never saw.” I’ve always been fascinated with the sketchy history of my mother’s grandfather, George Hamilton. Family stories portray him as a drinker, an Irish immigrant who became an American citizen, a mill worker, rabidly…
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Ivory Tower Writers Need Not Apply
When I wrote the poems in The Great Hunger, I was concerned about the state of the world’s food supply. I still am. More than ever. I’m increasingly concerned about the health of our shrinking planet. What can one woman do about the massive insults we have inflicted on the environment and on each other?…
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Social Media Explosion
Karen Douglass, Author 