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Rebecca Lindenberg, Guest Blogger March 18-24
This week we welcome back Rebecca Lindenberg as our guest blogger. Rebecca is the author of the poetry collection LOVE, AN INDEX (McSweeney's Poetry Series, 2012). Her poems, essays, and criticism appear in The…
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Julie Sheehan, Constituent Bartender, gets educated
To see pigs feeding at the public trough, look no further than for-profit schools, which, like “private” prisons and Blackwell, aren’t the market solutions to failed Big Government that our conservative, pro-business friends tout…
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day (by Laura Orem)
This is going to sound a little like gloating because…well, because I'm gloating. Last night, I got to start my St. Patrick's weekend by attending the Celtic Thunder reunion in Baltimore. This is the…
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Meet the Press: Nin Andrews in Conversation with Joe Pan of Brooklyn Arts Press
NA: Tell me a little about the press. Who started it, how long has it been in existence? JP: I founded Brooklyn Arts Press (BAP) in 2007, partly in response to watching modern dancer…
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This Seems Timely: (by Tynan Davis)
I wrote of my shame and fear yesterday, and suddenly I'm seeing this recently posted TED Talk by Brené Brown (a fellow fifth-generation Texan) who researches shame and vulnerability. Who knew?!