Saying Goodbye to My Friend Howard Zinn
We have lost a gift, which having received it, all of us might become. AW Photo: @1991 by Jean Weisinger ©2010 by Alice Walker On hearing the news of his death. Me: Howie,…
To the Wife and Children
©2010 by Alice Walker Dear Ones, I realize you and your mother have been hurt and embarrassed by the infidelities and bizarre behaviors of your father. This is a common problem for many.…
If I Was President ("Were" May Be Substituted by Those who Prefer It)
© 2010 by Alice Walker If I was PresidentThe first thing I would dois call Mumia Abu-Jamal.No,if I was presidentthe first thing I would dois call Leonard Peltier.No,if I was presidentthe first person…
Edwidge Danticat, the Quiet Stream
©2010 by Alice Walker All this time, silenced, speechless, grateful for my meditation cushion, I have been thinking about the writer, Edwidge Danticat, whose writing for me, so pure and grounded and wise,…
“Re: Haiti: Passing on to you something that may help lift us from this sorrow.”
Sasha Kramer sent a message to the members of Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (SOIL). ——————– Subject: Kouraj cherie: Update from Port au Prince This afternoon, feeling helpless, we decided to take a van…
