Last week a young man in my Nonfiction Writing Workshop at Columbia pulled me aside after class. “Hey, so did you write something that everyone…
Last week CBC Doc Zone released Volunteers Unleashed, a documentary that challenges the efficacy of international volunteer work and voluntourism, on national television in Canada….
I’ve never been arrested. But if I was a child today there is a good chance that my parents would be arrested, or at least…
A lot of people are watched Empire‘s first season, and I get it. There are many good reasons to tune in. It’s a drama centered on…
I wasn’t planning on posting today. I am on vacation and was giving myself a few days off, but it is in those few days…
I’m a control freak. Anyone who knows me personally can attest to this and is probably saying, “Finally, you admit it!” to themselves right now….
It started with dinners. Ten to twenty people, a few pizzas, and a topic – the state of politics in America. Every month or so,…
One year ago, I wrote a piece that completely altered my life. From pressing publish, to seeing it go viral, the journey always seemed to…