Tag Archives: Memoirs

Audacious Ideas: Postcard Life Stories

Posted on March 7, 2012 by

Audacity defines the best and worst within us. It is boldness or daring, accompanied by confident or arrogant disregard for personal safety, conventional thought or other restrictions. It is also effrontery, insolence or shamelessness. The “Audacious Ideas” essay series celebrates … Continue reading →

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On Being Invisible: Our Nation’s Incarcerated

Posted on January 9, 2012 by

This essay is part of a series inspired by our Winter 2012 Social Justice issue. The first one was posted September 2011, and all feature people who have helped make marginalized segments of our world more visible to mainstream America through poetry, prose and visual … Continue reading →

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On Being Invisible: Welfare Recipients

Posted on October 12, 2011 by

This essay is one of a series inspired by the Little Patuxent Review Winter 2012 Social Justice issue. The first was posted September 2011, and all feature individuals who have helped make marginalized segments of our world visible to mainstream America through … Continue reading →

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