teaching poetry in jail
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No matter how fervently we shout, judge, or legislate, children’s bodies will still have been affected by all the chemicals to which they were subjected.
Children deserve care that helps their bodies match their brains … especially since our cavalier treatment of these children’s environment has probably helped cause the mismatch.
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On reading Bruce Weigl’s “Song of Napalm” in jail.
People recovering through PTSD often need our quiet understanding in the moments when their stories seem to fail them.
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On Gabrielle Zevin’s ‘Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow’ and video games as art.
For better & for ill, games can welcome us into another world and show us the choices we would make.
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On perspective and Zoom.
It’s easy for our experience of the world to blind us to others’ realities. Over Zoom, you see less suffering.
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On hostage situations and jail.
Two perspectives on policing.
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On bias.
Diamonds fall from the sky on Neptune! But I was too prejudiced to believe the guys who told me.
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On currency
Money is an illusion, but the consequences of not having it are very real.
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On dealing.
For deftly navigating the vagaries of supply and demand, M.B.A. students are praised. Dealers wind up in jail.
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On the sacred.
Money isn’t sacred. A person’s reputation is.
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On white supremacist vegetables and watchful eyes.
There have always been watchful eyes on our farmers market — it’s down the street from the county jail.
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