by Lise Funderburg | Sep 30, 2013 | Word Up
It’s been two decades since Black, White, Other was first published, and tomorrow we mark that 20th anniversary with a new and revised ebook edition. The expanded ebook features a no-false-idols foreword from novelist Mat Johnson (Pym, Incognegro),...
by Lise Funderburg | Sep 25, 2013 | Word Up
It’s been two decades since BLACK, WHITE, OTHER: Biracial Americans Talk About Race and Identity was first published, and this fall I mark that 20th anniversary with a new and revised ebook edition, featuring a foreword from novelist Mat Johnson (Pym,...
by Lise Funderburg | Aug 6, 2013 | Word Up
Exactly one week ago, I came back from an extended teaching assignment. One month, creative nonfiction, three colleagues and 26 students. In Paris. Which is in France. This was my third year, and you would think I’d have learned that re-entry can be bumpy....
by Lise Funderburg | Apr 15, 2013 | Lay of the land, Talent, Word Up
Last week, I blogged for The 6th Floor, which is the behind-the-scenes jawn of The New York Times Magazine. As a spin-out from their recent Key section on outdoor living (see it here, I talked to landscape designers and architects about movies that had inspired them....
by Lise Funderburg | Nov 21, 2012 | Word Up
MORE Magazine is staffed by a bunch of thoughtful, curious smartypants, which may be why two of my best-ever assignments came from them. One, in their May 2012 issue, investigates how sibling relationships are affected by caregiving for elderly parents…and what...
