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...
by Lise Funderburg | Sep 20, 2012 | Word Up
Is it just me or is it becoming near impossible to live life without defaulting into instant replay at every turn? Worse still, are we headed for live-streaming the peaks, valleys, and plains of our every second on earth? Signs of this hyper-self-consciousness are...
by Lise Funderburg | Mar 30, 2012 | Word Up
Maybe because I am stepparent as well as a daughter who lost her own father not too long ago, this brief and heart-achingly lovely audio interview between a man and his terminally ill stepfather stopped me in my tracks. It’s a beautiful testimony to both men, to...
