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Author Talk, OneShelf Book Fair, July 23, 2022.

Bicycle Touring, Blog, PTSD and Historical Trauma

(Book excerpts in italics) I was interviewed by the Intrepid Traveler. He was a great interviewer, thorough and carefully prepared. The title of his podcast made me laugh. Intrepid means fearless. I am the opposite of fearless Like many assault survivors, I’ve got...

Literary Pairing #2: We are Meant to Rise & The Sentence

Blog, Social Movements

Literary Pairing #2: We are Meant to Rise & The Sentence The Twin Cities are rising. Teachers in Minneapolis and St. Paul are wearing each other’s colors in solidarity as they prepare for a two-city strike, demanding raises for their lowest tier educational...

Literary Pairing. Read Insurgent Supremacists with The Sinking Middle Class

Blog, Sustainable Economies

Literary Pairing. Read Insurgent Supremacists with The Sinking Middle Class Traveling the spine of the United States from Minnesota to New Mexico during the Omicron surge, I have been reading two books: Matthew N. Lyons’ Insurgent Supremacists: The US Far...

A Bicycle Tour With An Agenda

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A Bicycle Tour With An Agenda In 2008 I took a job at St. Cloud State University teaching a court-mandated class on race relations. In Spring 2010, dozens of us adjuncts were perfunctorily terminated in a Great Recession sweep. That same week, Arizona Governor Jan...

Desmond Tutu, and the Promise and Human Limits of Forgiveness

Blog, PTSD and Historical Trauma

Desmond Tutu, and the Promise and Human Limits of Forgiveness Rest, Desmond Tutu. Today I am thinking about an interview I saw with you and Bill Moyers. You talked about truth and reconciliation in South Africa and the power of forgiveness for the person who has...

For a Just Immigration Policy in 2022

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For a Just Immigration Policy in 2022 It is May 2019. I’m on the #5 bus in Minneapolis, headed north on Chicago Ave toward downtown. This bus is the primary means to Hennepin County Medical Center, and the issue of space is premium. Like all city buses there are...