Remember earlier this month when Ben Carson equated immigrants and slaves? My ancestors are both, and Literary Hub published my essay where I explore the differences in the context of my family's history. … [Read more...]
Treasure Chest Tuesday: The family historian
Yesterday's New York Times article "A Glimpse Into the Life of a Slave Sold to Georgetown" reminded me just how much genealogy is a group effort. It took a network of people, from descendants of the enslaved and slave owners to historians and archivists to get that remarkable … [Read more...]
Treasure Chest Thursday: The MacDowell Colony
My first real writing job out of college was a part time position at my local daily newspaper. I called the cops twice a day in our county to see if anything interesting had happened in the past 24 hours and I wrote obituaries. Every now and again, my editor assigned me a light … [Read more...]
Hello, again.
About a year ago, I realized that my blog was broken. I tried to figure out what was wrong with it, but alas, life had given me other priorities. I had a Master of Fine Arts degree to finish, and a thesis project to submit that was different than what I was working on in my … [Read more...]
Finding Josephine in the Newspaper
I’ve written about my great-grandmother Josephine’s letters to the editor on this blog several times. But today, I had the chance to write about her editorials and the newspaper-writing vocation she and I share in TueNight - a weekly online publication. I hope you’ll check it … [Read more...]
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