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We are so much more than the headlines and heretics that make the news. If the past few months have taught me anything, it’s exactly that. If you’re grasping for good news, validation, a [...]

It’s hard to know where to start an update when my community is still knee-deep in mud, death, and destruction. But right alongside that, many of us are also heart-deep in compassion, [...]

I am writing to you from a place of astonishment and gratitude. This summer, I experienced major physical and physiological wins in my recovery from long covid. Only nine months ago, I ate my [...]

It took more hours, long days, and lack of sleep than I want to admit … but I am finally starting my slow-down period as of this blogpost. And once I’m on the other side of the WRITEABILITY Board [...]

It’s full blown spring here in Appalachia and the planet feels so abundant, so lush, I could almost forget that so much of it is also dying. Even writing that sentence, a twinge of sensation [...]

Spring is here, and I have so much news to share, it’s hard to know where to begin. I hear the spring peepers at night and want to say, “Yes! Exactly! There is so much to sing about!” When I hear [...]

Here in Western North Carolina, March did indeed come in like a lion: hail and snow pounded the optimistic crocuses; schools closed; branches snapped. This was followed by several afternoons of [...]

For weeks now, I’ve been pondering an idea planted in me by Nigerian-American author Chris Abani, who gave a craft talk about “the many gifts of loss.” His writing, and his teaching, are soulful [...]

It’s a New Year! Did you make any resolutions? I HOPE NOT. I mean, ok—if you did—no judgment. But I do think the New Year is a time for going inward and stilling the inner drive. What good are [...]

I wonder how many of you out there keep asking some form of the same question I’ve been asking myself since October 7th, and that is: Why does art matter? I’ve been asking many other questions [...]