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), high-resolution...
20 years later and their words still ring true
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, Incognegro),...
les problèmes de haute classe
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....
Post-Script: Green on the (big) screen
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....
Quibbling Siblings: Eldercare Edition
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 we...