If my mother were living, today would have been her 82nd birthday. She, however, died over 25 years ago, at the age of 56, in a car accident. In my logical mind, I know that, it is likely, given my mom’s age, she might have died of natural causes by now, had her life not […]
Month: November 2020
The Pain of Exclusion, The Power of Community
Community is such a powerful place to dwell. It was a little over four years ago that a random Asian American woman approached me on an escalator in a convention center and asked if I wanted to come to a meeting of the Asian/Asian American Caucus of the National Council of Teachers of English. There […]
Dear Friends
Dear Friends, A few weeks ago, I tweeted, “Work is an addiction that will literally kill you. We are all replaceable to institutions, but not to those who love us. Reminding myself because I need to hear it.” I was feeling the heaviness of all the labor, paid and unpaid that I have been doing, […]