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Events

2025 Sunday May 31 — “Traveling in Some Vehicles” at Bay Area Book Festival with Anita Marie Júlca and Serafina Mackintosh, Berkeley, CA. Saturday March 15 — Pardon This Intrusion Poetry chapbook celebration for Reconstruction, with Anita Marie Júlca, Susan Cohen, and Rooja Mohassessey, at 2727 California, Berkeley, CA. 2024 September 7 — Reconstruction launchContinue reading “Events”

All The Flags We’ve Hung

I like to see my neighbor Barbara, a retiree with a son on an aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf, heading to the corner of Mohr and Monument with her U.S. flag and her “Peace is Patriotic” sign. A small group of neighbors stood there with signs on Friday afternoons all last winter, and myContinue reading “All The Flags We’ve Hung”

Choosing by the Book: reading Audre Lorde on the way to the operating room

Published in EPOCH Issue 02, Aftermath, Spring 2021 At the middle school Fall Festival, I fell into conversation with another mom trying out the giant hula hoops. We both had 7th graders that year. “I think we have something else in common,” said Mala, and she nodded gently toward my chest. It was a momentContinue reading “Choosing by the Book: reading Audre Lorde on the way to the operating room”

Introduce Yourself (Example Post)

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right. You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click theContinue reading “Introduce Yourself (Example Post)”