Racism 101
“Have you heard of Nikki Giovanni?” I ask, and the woman volunteering at the
sponsorship table at a local event laughs. She is African-American, and she
laughs, “Do I know Nikki Giovanni? Do
Literature
Shirley Jackson and the Ordinariness of Evil
In the classic supernatural thriller The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson
writes,
> “‘Don’t do it,’ Eleanor told the little girl; ‘insist on your cup of stars; once
they have trapped
Letters from Fairyland
To commemorate Italo Calvino’s upcoming birthday, we’re rerunning this piece.
To many contemporary college students and used bookstore aficionados, the work
of Cuban-born Italian author Italo Calvino is a gateway drug
Tricks Every Boy Can Do
Even though I was finishing up Tricks Every Boy Can Do
[http://harvardsquareeditions.org/portfolio-items/tricks-every-boy-can-do/] by
Paul Buchanan at the same time my stepson, a senior in high school, received his
assignment
The Cost of Customization
A couple years ago we painted a map of the country on the wall by the guidance
office. There’s really nothing strange about this (what’s weird about a map on
the