by Louise | 26 May 2016 | Current events and commentary |
The Suffragettes in the Klan-Like Robes Reading time: 2 min. Note: this post contains a mild spoiler for the “Abominable Bride” episode of Sherlock, which originally aired in the United States in January 2016. But if you’re going to watch it, you’ve probably watched...
by Louise | 22 May 2016 | Current events and commentary |
The Line-Up of Writers at the Opening of Third Place Books in Seward Park Reading time: 2 min. Imagine this. You open a bookstore in a diverse neighborhood. In fact, you open a bookstore in 98118, the most-diverse ZIP code in the United States. In an interview, you...
by Louise | 19 May 2016 | Chapters, Essays, Growing-Up Years |
Reading time: 4 min. One of the few times I had any interaction with people of color when I was growing up was during my senior year of high school. Four of the black girls who were bused into West Seattle from the Central District starting that year, came by the...
by Louise | 15 May 2016 | Miscellaneous |
Reading time: 30 sec. All of you who follow my blog, thank you! To show how much I appreciate your joining in, I’m going to take questions from you about any subject related to this blog. Do you have questions about what I’ve written so far? Are you puzzled about...
by Louise | 12 May 2016 | Chapters, Growing-Up Years, Short Notes | Tags: Love
Reading time: 1 min. I talk a lot about how little I knew about people of color when I was growing up. But I’ve remembered something that makes me wonder if I knew more than I think I did. I wrote my first plays when I was in grade school, probably inspired because my...
