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Fall Inspires Reconciliation
IT’S true, my favorite color and, actually, my favorite month is October. That's not just because it's also when I celebrate my birthday....
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Oct 14 min read


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...
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Sep 30, 20234 min read


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...
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Sep 14, 20237 min read


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....
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May 10, 20226 min read


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.
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Mar 3, 20211 min read


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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Dec 13, 20201 min read

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