#OwnYourOwn a hashtag to encourage and inspire marginalized voices was started by the ever-amazing @gildedspine who hosted a Twitter dialogue on June 20th. Look for other blog entries this week; here’s my contribution. Writers are a dreamy. We talk a lot about dreams. Dreams of a creative life. A writing life. Dreams of… Read more »
Archives for June 2016
That Time I Met Muhammad Ali
I’m not a fan of boxing. Watching two humans in hand-to-hand combat, faces bloodied, noses broken. It’s just not for me. But for a kid growing up in the 70s, Muhammad Ali loomed large. For a Muslim kid, for a brown kid living in a small town in the Midwest, he was legend and myth and… Read more »