Below is a comment I left for Inkognegro in response to the follow up post to his guest-post at Single Sisters Speak (corrected for typos): All of your words on the “deadbeat dad” subject hit home, because I had one, but this: “Whether absent in the physical, or in the mental and emotional…your children become [...]
In the current Art/See issue of Bitch magazine (I got mine in the mail today), check out my review of the wonderful anthology “Who’s Your Mama?” edited by Yvonne Bynoe, and…my interview with the fabulous Farai Chideya. We chatted about her debut novel, “Kiss the Sky” and much more.
In the current Art/See issue of Bitch magazine (I got mine in the mail today), check out my review of the wonderful anthology “Who’s Your Mama?” edited by Yvonne Bynoe, and…my interview with the fabulous Farai Chideya. We chatted about her debut novel, “Kiss the Sky” and much more.
So one of the unexpected perks of teaching was revealed this week. One of the students in my writing class (the face-to-face non-credit class, not the online grad class) is a Notre Dame alum and a die-hard fan of ND football. Her whole family is, apparently. My Techboo is a die-hard Notre Dame fan. Notre [...]
So one of the unexpected perks of teaching was revealed this week. One of the students in my writing class (the face-to-face non-credit class, not the online grad class) is a Notre Dame alum and a die-hard fan of ND football. Her whole family is, apparently. My Techboo is a die-hard Notre Dame fan. Notre [...]
Over at CoParenting101. org, we preach the Gospel of Getting Along With Ex and how loving your kid demands it, all the time. But there’s nothing like hearing the Truth straight from the horse’s–or rather, the kid’s–mouth: “Weren’t They BOTH my parents, All of the Time?” This interview, with Carolyn Grona, is the most moving [...]
Over at CoParenting101. org, we preach the Gospel of Getting Along With Ex and how loving your kid demands it, all the time. But there’s nothing like hearing the Truth straight from the horse’s–or rather, the kid’s–mouth: “Weren’t They BOTH my parents, All of the Time?” This interview, with Carolyn Grona, is the most moving [...]
This post over at CoParenting1o1.org reminded me of the following post from 2007 from the LiteraryMama “The Girl is Mine” column archives.. Musical Beds by Deesha Philyaw It’s Friday night which means reading an extra chapter or two of our bedtime story, Redwall, the riveting tale of Martin, an ancient warrior mouse, and the young [...]
This post over at CoParenting1o1.org reminded me of the following post from 2007 from the LiteraryMama “The Girl is Mine” column archives.. Musical Beds by Deesha Philyaw It’s Friday night which means reading an extra chapter or two of our bedtime story, Redwall, the riveting tale of Martin, an ancient warrior mouse, and the young [...]
In honor of the first TV show I ever watched turning 40, here’s something from the archives that I wrote for “Love Isn’t Enough”: “Sunny Days…and Some Stupid and Sarcastic Ones, Too” And here’s my first crush, John-John from Sesame Street: According to Wiki, John-John went into the military, lives in Texas, and now performs [...]