Writing is an act of resistance
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People Keep Bothering Me with Details
By Pedro Hoffmeister It’s beginning to snow in Tucson and it’s 65 degrees in Seattle, Washington in February But our president says… He’s tweeting about… And we should listen to him because he’s the best president we’ve had this entire year. That’s a fact. He’s our man. Our leader. Another fact: Lori Loughlin, Felicity…
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Man with a Knife
By Beth Levine Imagine that this letter S floats off the page becomes a strong rope that wraps your hands together behind your back, like officers do before putting someone in the back of a police car. Imagine that this letter S floats off the page and becomes a second strong rope one end…
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Writers Resist: Because the Pen Is Mightier
Track the nation’s mass shootings at the Gun Violence Archive—and what a horrible shame that the site exists.
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The Gun-Seller
By DS Levy A young man travels out of state where it’s possible to buy a gun, no questions asked. He buys an AK-47. The transaction is easier than getting the driver’s license that allows him to navigate across the desert highway. If you want his story, read his manifesto on Instagram. This story…
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Questions for My Shooter
By Abby E. Murray Which of my relatives will point out how I was raised humanely, in a house with a yard where I could pick blueberries I grew myself or sit on a blanket in the grass when it was warm? And who will tell them that’s good because it was, the humane…
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American Ouroboros
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Fine People
By Paul Colton Based on Martin Niemöller’s confession-turned-poem, “First they came …” First a fine man killed six Sikhs in a Wisconsin temple but Republicans did not act because they’re not Sikhs Then a fine man murdered black worshippers in Charleston but Republicans did not act because they’re not black Then a fine man…
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Dear Mitch
#massshooting, #guncontrol, #gundeaths, Alice Cerra Waters, Poetry, #marchforourlives, #endgunviolenceBy Alicia Cerra Waters My mother found Jesus. He was on sale at the Walmart in El Paso. Mom is on a budget because no one pays her any money to play pretend. When she prays to the plastic Jesus with a ninety nine cent sticker cemented to the back of his robes at…
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Good Mourning, America
#gundeaths, climate crisis, Kit-Bacon Gressitt, Narrative nonfiction, #marchforourlives, #endgunviolence, #massshooting, #guncontrolBy Kit-Bacon Gressitt It’s eighth-grade writing class day and the weekly morning jaunt to my favorite little school, nestled in a rural Southern California valley. Here, the water table’s level prevents developers from bulldozing nurseries and groves, and there’s still a farmer’s grange. A canopy of Live Oaks shades my drive to the school,…