In My Blood It Runs
How long will he have to sit at the feet of strangled white teachers who cannot say the word ‘spirit’ without clearing their throats and saying they are confused.
Pádraig Ó Tuama speaks about Tender
Padraig O Tuama launched my book Tender, stories that lean into kindness, just on a year ago.You can hear his speech here.
a prayer for the new decade
A new decade has dawned amidst smoke and heat and peril. What can we ask when we know much of it will be hard, even harrowing?
Finding wonder in a crisis
In this era of COVID- 19, on the cusp of sleep, I startle at the noise from the plane flying low… My thought lands in three distinct syllables: Aer-o-plane.