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99 New: Tuned In
I was on Wisconsin Public Radio this morning. Along with a local county supervisor, I was on a half-hour segment of The Morning Show, part of the Ideas Network. The topic was menstrual equity. I was asked to participate because of my work with… Continue Reading “99 New: Tuned In”
99 New: Rumination
Anti-Semitism isn’t just the stuff of white nationalist Neanderthals. Some of your best friends have anti-Semitic reflexes. Oh, your friends would never admit to this. They’re too intelligent, too socially conscious. They wouldn’t be caught dead showing bigoted or anti-Semitic attitudes and they’d take… Continue Reading “99 New: Rumination”
99 New: Flagging
I went to a big veterans breakfast this morning because Street Angels, the organization I work with, was getting an award. There were maybe 150 veterans there, most very old and most white men. They represented a dozen veterans organizations – the Marine Corps… Continue Reading “99 New: Flagging”
99 New: Forced Reading
Hard book, eyes aching Wrongness stacked like baby blocks See it through, see it
99 New: Tonight’s Lesson
“Never believe the first story. Wait for the second or third.” This was the good lesson from tonight’s homeless outreach with Street Angels and it came from one of Street Angel’s founders, a person who has heard many stories, enough to know to wait… Continue Reading “99 New: Tonight’s Lesson”
99 New: Diver Girl
In my mind’s eye I run, leap, stretch my arms Lean muscle, hurling myself Into a brown river, slicing Like an arrow shot from my brother’s bow I forget the self waiting Plaid shorts and halter top Worried the river held fish That would… Continue Reading “99 New: Diver Girl”
99 New: Puppetry
My friend and I took a giant puppet to a demonstration. The man who made the huge caricature of our governor, Scott Walker, supervised loading it into my truck. We tried loading the puppet head first but the top of the truck cover threatened… Continue Reading “99 New: Puppetry”
99 New: On the Hook
Some people have a remarkable ability to give their tormentors new material. Senator Elizabeth Warren would be one of those people. She takes a DNA test to ‘prove’ her Native American ancestry. And she finds out that nine or ten generations ago, she did,… Continue Reading “99 New: On the Hook”
99 New: Ring Ring
“Three years, Jan?” I’d written a comment to a fellow cochlear implant recipient hoping to console him about not using the phone a month or so after his implant. Oh heck, I said, I haven’t used the phone yet three years later! And he… Continue Reading “99 New: Ring Ring”
Snow Door | wisconsinacademy.org
Listen to Jan read her essay “Billy” presented on WUWM’s Lake Effect
Jan’s essay “At the Breakfast Bar” on WUWM Lake Effect
Jan’s essay “The Parish Hall,” on WUWM Lake Effect
“Fury Cannot Touch Me,” Modern Love, NYT, 9/29/11
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