Essays How to Be an American Now I am writing this on Inauguration Day 2021 from my kitchen table in Mexico. It is an odd thing to watch the dawn of a new Kerra Bolton Posted on January 30, 2021
Culture National Day of Mourning 2020 In 1970, Massachusetts put on a celebration commemorating the sesquarcentennial anniversary of the Mayflower’s landing at Jess Grey Posted on November 25, 2020
Culture The Complicated and Still Relevant History of Citizenship and Constitution Day President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed, in 1940, a law declaring the third Sunday in May “I Am an American Day.” The Jess Grey Posted on September 17, 2020
Connection It’s Been Almost 20 Years – A Prayer of Remembrance “Remembrance begins with deep, personal identification. It begins with remembering the affliction of [others], and marking Emmie Arnold Posted on September 11, 2020
Books, Quotes 12 Quotes from David Sedaris The first David Sedaris book I read was Me Talk Pretty One Day. The chapter in which he and his fellow language students Salongo Wendland Posted on December 25, 2017