Daily Archives: September 3, 2015
“Being Poor,” Ten Years On
Posted on September 3, 2015 93 Comments
Ten years ago today, I put the essay “Being Poor” on Whatever. I wrote the piece, as I explained later, in a rage at the after-events of Hurricane Katrina, when so many people asked, some genuinely and some less so, why many of the poor people didn’t “just leave” when the hurricane smashed into the Gulf […]
The Big Idea: Rebecca Alexander
Posted on September 3, 2015 4 Comments
Writing can be an adventure or an escape, and it can also be a way of dealing with events around you, and to explore what they mean and do. Ask author Rebecca Alexander, author of The Secrets of Blood and Bone. She’ll tell you. And does, just below. REBECCA ALEXANDER: Ten years before I began working […]
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