Next week at ALOUD we’ll be celebrating the 50th anniversary of Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique. To get ready for this retrospective on the struggle for gender equality, we were […]
“Don’t write about Oxnard!” teased George Saunders as he spoke about the unwritten rules of writing this week at ALOUD. But the irreverent conversation more frequently steered towards how to […]
In the days before Inauguration Day, as we look ahead to the next four years with President Obama, we thought it was timely to also reflect back on his first […]
Eight years ago Attica Locke found herself touring the grounds of Oak Alley, a Southern Louisiana plantation, for the wedding of a friend. Complete with twenty-foot white columns, a wrap […]
In the aftermath of the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, the battle between the red and blue divide rages louder than ever. Beyond the issues that will drive voters to […]
