Category: Good Read
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Dr. Bob & the American Jeremiad
Another One! I’m excited to share some great news! Over the past three years, I’ve built a strong academic rapport with my professor for African-American Politics and Politics & Religion. Our conversations around my coursework, especially my work on the American Jeremiad, were so meaningful that he expressed interest in partnering with me on a…
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World Book Day
Let’s be honest — some of us didn’t fall in love with books because we were told to read.We fell in love because a book saw us before the world ever really did. On this World Book Day, I want to give flowers to every dog-eared paperback, banned title, thrift store treasure, and overdue library…
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Short Story: Fate’s Whisper
The last time Jordan had seen Riley was on a crisp autumn evening, ten years ago. Words had failed them back then—unsaid apologies, unanswered questions, and the ghost of a love too heavy to carry yet impossible to let go of. Jordan never expected to hear from Riley again. But as fate would have it,…
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Short Story: Best. Wingman. Ever.
The siblings were never as close as they used to be. Life had driven wedges between them—career pursuits, personal failures, and above all, their father’s betrayal. The old man had married a woman half his age, a decision that splintered the family. When he was murdered by his new wife, who then married her lover…