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Sep.20.2008
I'll be speaking informally about how I came to write Love Cemetery, a non-fiction book, set in East Texas, on race and reconciliation. I'm known for writing about women's spirituality, pilgrimages and women activists around the world. So it's natural to be asked what race has to do with it. I'...
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Sep.20.2008
I'll be speaking informally about how I came to write Love Cemetery, a non-fiction book, set in East Texas, on race and reconciliation. I'm known for writing about women's spirituality, pilgrimages and women activists around the world. So it's natural to be asked what race has to do with it. I'...
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Sep.17.2008
The flow of illegal immigrants into Texas began as a trickle. Within a decade, the area was awash in foreigners. The newcomers spoke a strange language, lived in separate enclaves, paid no taxes and ignored the traditions of the local citizens. The mayor of Nacogdoches, Richard Dill, wrote: “There...
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Sep.16.2008
From September 15 to October 15 the nation will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. I'm not sure when the holiday started or rather, when the nation decided to acknowledge it, but for as long as I can remember, there was always a celebration in my hometown, Port Arthur.
Every third weekend in...
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May.21.2008
This weekend I returned to Houston for a special engagement. The Monarch School, a place I’ve written about before, decided to give me an honorary high school diploma. There were ten kids in the graduating class, and me. In this shot, we're all lining up for the official photo:
Here I am, with the...
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Apr.18.2008
I spoke on Tuesday at the Texas Library Association Conference in Dallas, Texas. Mind you, I'm a native. I was born in Houston. Still, every time I get back to the Lone Star State, I'm impressed with how big everything really is, even their library conferences. Everything really is bigger in Texas...
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Mar.20.2008
I'm sorry for going back to the math again—I’d much rather remain on a loftier plane—but this is something I think all Democrats should be aware of. I certainly hope the super delegates are as the time comes to decide the nomination.
We all know that Rush Limbaugh, Laura Ingraham, and other right-...
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Mar.12.2008
Earlier today, I received a phone message from my friend and former Hollins colleague Jake Mahaffy - about another subject altogether, a project on which we’re working together - in which he mentioned in passing that his new film, Wellness, had won a prize at Austin’s South By Southwest film...
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