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TO EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEASON

IN the morning from my balcony, I look out at the expanse of trees. October opens with them beginning to change colors—a sprinkle of gold...

Ruth Simmons' Hardscrabble journey from East Texas to elite higher education

WHEN the galley for Ruth J. Simmons’ memoir — Up Home: One Girl’s Journey — arrived in my mailbox a few months ago, I couldn’t wait to...

The River Spoke My Name

I can’t remember exactly what prompted the ritual of spending many of my Saturdays during my youth in the French Quarter of New Orleans....

WOMEN ARE POETRY IN MOTION

Award-winning author, poet and playwright Joy Jones conducted a very successful workshop for adult women , which is captured in this video.

Teen Fatherless Daughters Speak

Recently, the chairperson of Esther Productions Inc.'s board of directors, Ana Acevedo, interviewed two of the authors featured in the...

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