Black adults are 20 percent more likely than white adults to report serious psychological distress, and yet many are apprehensive about seeking professional help for…
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Some Bellwether colleagues recently shared this article about women in career and family. While I don't parent, I still found the article's reminders super useful. A few…
Continue reading → Quick Thoughts on Work, “Productivity,” and Self Care
Excerpts from a recent email inviting me to join a literary trip to Cuba led by Lee Gutkind, founder of Creative Nonfiction magazine: I am writing to…
Continue reading → Study Cuban Culture with a White American Who’s Never Been There!
Художники существуют только потому, что мир несовершенен. An artist never works under ideal conditions. If they existed, his work wouldn't exist, for the artist doesn't live…
This video is making the internet rounds. It’s been described as triumphant. (It's of U.S. soccer star Megan Rapinoe being asked to describe herself in…
Writes my smart poet/translator friend E.C. Belli: Because we are so multi-rooted, because we are from everywhere, we are no longer really from a place.…
It's such a weird day to be a queer person. I know that today's Supreme Court ruling signals some kind of social shift, moving the…
I was humored and humbled when Columbia University asked me to be on this panel:
Very much looking forward to reading, to hearing the work of my fellow alums, and to seeing anyone in NYC who is able to come!…
Last week I wrote about FBI Director James Comey's speech on law enforcement and race relations. A few new thoughts since then: Can institutions with…
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