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All I Wanted for Christmas was Some Chill (And a Tepee)
Hi friends! Sorry for the late post. Like many of you, I was celebrating Christmas with my family. It was nice to have some time off to chill, watch movies, and eat delicious food. I promise next (this) week I will have a full blog post. After my house emptied out, I spent some time…
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Home is Here.
“You excited to go home?” It was a simple question, meant to be answered with a quick yes. But my answer was not simple. Was I excited to see my family in Iowa and celebrate Christmas with them? Yes, of course, I was. I love my family. And we get along like families do, which…
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P.O.S Is (Not) Ruining My Life
I first saw P.O.S perform, when he opened for Cursive. It was May 2009, and I had moved to Minneapolis a few months before. P.O.S had just put out the album Never Better. But I didn’t know this. I didn’t know who P.O.S was yet. I had discovered The Current, a public radio station that…
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What Our Words Say about Our Privilege
Words are important. I have said it before, and I will say it again. This past week was another one filled with bloodshed. It is heartbreaking. It is disgusting. And it has become far too commonplace. I am fighting every part of me that wants to feel numb, that wants to throw up my hands…
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I am Thankful for Scrabble
Hands on tiles. Words constructed. And then reconstructed. Dictionaries thumbed. Triple word score red. Double letter blue. Scores scratched onto pads of paper. Many holidays I have hunched over a ledge of seven letters. Across from my Grandma Johnson. Across from my mother. Across from my brother. My grandmother was very good, but she is…
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Help #EndTheStigma and Join Me for a Reading Event at SubText Books This Saturday!
The event honors Survivors of Suicide Loss Day, a day of remembrance for those who have lost someone to suicide. It is at 2:00 pm at SubText Books in St. Paul. We’ve also added a writer! Poet Sierra DeMulder is a two-time National Poetry Slam champion and also the author of The Bones Below and New…
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Surviving the Storm
The music moved through me, and I felt tears welling up in my eyes. DJ Mary Lucia was back at The Current, after a seven month hiatus from the radio station. Lucia took a leave because she was being relentlessly stalked by a local man. According to The Star Tribune, “the case against her stalker…
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Guess What? Your Stance on Abortion Rights Doesn’t Excuse Your Sexism
In the article “Hillary baits Bernie beautifully: ‘Shouting,’ sexism — and the simple sorry that would make Sanders look less jerky,” Amanda Marcotte writes, “During the first Democratic debate, Sanders responded to Clinton’s impassioned anti-gun argument by telling her that ‘all the shouting in the world’ won’t fix the issue. Now Clinton, to huge amounts…
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Time is the Ultimate Luxury
When I started to get serious about writing again, I realized I was going to have to let some other things go. And by let things go, I mean stop pursuing some of my other hobbies and interests. Having multiple interests and passions doesn’t sound like it should be a problem. But for a writer,…
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