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Old-school Party Pondering
December 19th, 2011 Link this Entry
Isn’t it great when something unexpectedly whisks you back to a sweet childhood memory? It happened to me last night at a holiday party as I watched accomplished, fun-loving blackfolk dressed to the nines, chatting, networking and performing the many dance-stepkids of the Electric Slide. They reminded me of my parents and their working-class buddies, [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Knowing nothing–and embracing it
December 4th, 2011 Link this Entry
If I’ve learned one thing from writing a memoir, it’s this: Few people know what’s truest in their lives. As a columnist, I make a living mining my life and writing as honestly and as candidly as I can about my past, my opinions, my secret selves. Yet while writing Brothers (and me), I was repeatedly surprised [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Dream Dress: Just Five Bucks
April 8th, 2009 Link this Entry
Like the new president whose inauguration sent me shopping last week, I was all about hope and change. I went into Loehmann’s hoping I hadn’t waited too long to find a gown for my first inaugural ball. A woeful economy and end-of-season sales meant that the legendary discounter’s dresses would be thoroughly picked over. Yet [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Feeling the Love
November 9th, 2008 Link this Entry
Before I saw my son crumpled on the floor, I thought I understood what Barack Obama signified. When the words "President-elect Barack Obama" flashed across our basement TV, the whoops from my son Darrell, 23, and five friends were deafening. Flinging open the door, Darrell and his friend Phil ran into the night as if [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Let’s Forget Our Racist Past and Celebrate Change
November 4th, 2008 Link this Entry
With the nation possibly on the brink of electing Barack Obama, what fascinates me is not the transformation promised by the “Change You Can Believe In” candidate. It is the change that had to occur within the rest of us to get him here. Grief expert Molly Fumia has written that to be joyful in [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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