A Sense of the Present RisesDear friends, For me, this time of year brings a heightened awareness of what’s passing and what’s to come, and in that way it tends to call attention …
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Intuitive Writer Enjoys Sticking to OutlineHello friends, I’m doing my best to honor the season of the thinning veil by reading more, writing more, and connecting in ways that feel nourishing. I…
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Galleys, Black Kittens, and Grandmothers Hello friends, some things have been happening. Ancestor Trouble galleys arrived last week, I have a gorgeous new website (thanks to Being Wicked), I s…
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The Accused Witch: Persecuted, and Persecutor Also, this month's giveaway, on troubled ancestors. And music, books, and stories I'm thinking about.
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Ancestor Trouble & Other People's BooksTo encourage preorders and share the spirit of my book, Ancestor Trouble, in advance of publication, I’m doing a monthly giveaway to honor books that i…
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Acknowledgement Genealogy and Ancestor TroubleOne thing critical race theory opponents can’t do is prevent people from disclosing their own ancestors’ participation in enslavement & genocide. That’…
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Ancestor Hunger Miscellany, Vol. 2Books by Kaitlyn Greenidge, Honorée Fannone Jeffers, Rebecca Donner, and Lilly Dancyger. Also: James Coan cartoon; Meg Conley; Undone. And my book will…
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Ancestor Hunger Miscellany Stonehenge & ancestors debate, part 3000; animated faces of our ancestors; Morgan Jerkins on theft of sacred Gullah land; spirits in the work of Mira J…
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Lineage unconscious On Jung and family symbols, including some of mine: black cats and mugwort, acorns and oaks, cardinals and quartz, clover and seashells. Also singing.
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Other People's Family Stories I’m a magpie. Instead of shiny things I collect other people’s stories about families and ancestors and echoes. Here are a few I’ve particularly treasu…
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Maybe I'm Just like my Father“Maybe I’m just like my father,” Prince sang the year I turned thirteen. “Too demanding,” “too bold.” At stoplights, in malls, on rides at the county f…
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Knowledge at an Atomic LevelSeveral years ago, my agent mentioned that she was working with a writer whose work I would love: Sarah Smarsh (photo by Paul Andrews). After we hung u…
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