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This November there seems to be nothing to say.
November you are my favorite color. You are always the late folk that is unremembered. Cold but gentle. Some people don’t get [...]
Delivering the news
I would go to bed half dressed in a tee shirt, and at the first sound of the alarm, quietly roll my legs over the edge of my [...]
When My Buick Became My Fortress of Solitude
Ah, the New England Blizzard of 1978. A storm so legendary it should have its own theme song, sung by a baritone with a [...]
1968: The Struggle Continues
It wasn’t Selma. But it was Detroit. It was very public. But, for me, it was deeply personal. There were two days of inner [...]
Don’t You Ever Feel Lonely?
The UFW had some simple housing available in a local apartment building in Calexico, where I had stayed the first time. It [...]
There Was a Fire Here
Excerpted from my memoir, There Was a Fire Here. October 20, 1991. Oakland, California — There was a fire here. It started [...]
A Lifetime of Hair
When she started to see gray hairs appear as she sat at stoplights and looked in the rear view mirror, she saw the future and [...]
My 1974 Pinto Station Wagon
We lived in the Oakland hills, and bus service was minimal - everything was far away.
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