activism… Face to Face with Fascism: Reflections on The Long March for Unity and Justice 14 Dec 202431 Dec 2024 Foreshadowing By late September, I was nearly certain Donald Trump would win the election. The signs were everywhere, figuratively and literally—even in unexpected places like the Long March for Unity…
climate… The Next Disaster 29 Sep 202429 Sep 2024 Western North Carolina is in crisis, along with much of the southeastern United States. My aunt in Tennessee was woken at 2:00 a.m. by the sheriff’s department, warning of the…
Teaching… Public Funds, Private Schools 21 Sep 202321 Sep 2023 On Glensford Drive here in Fayetteville one could be forgiven for not even noticing Montclair Elementary School, lost as it is in the enormous shadow of Berean Baptist Church. Across…
Uncategorized “From Yale to Jail” and Radical Opportunity 13 Sep 202313 Sep 2023 "The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism." - Martin Luther King, Jr. For anyone whose heart is broken daily, as mine…
Uncategorized Brokedick: A Memoir Excerpt, Part II 11 Sep 2023 Part I can be found here. “Runner!” He hadn’t intended to run. He was just standing outside the door of the barracks on the stoop where all of us sometimes,…
activism… This Unhappy Consciousness 4 Aug 2023 Recently, I was the recipient of a "40 Under 40" award in my community. 40 Under 40 is a feature of many mid-size cities across the United States, and is…
Uncategorized A More Open Door 1 Mar 20231 Mar 2023 In January, I presented “A More Open Door: Teaching & Advising Undocumented Students” to faculty and staff at my college. The focus of my presentation was to highlight the unique…
Uncategorized Fayetteville Tech in Context: Updated 17 Aug 202217 Aug 2022 One of my first major academic labors in my career at FTCC, the presentation has now been updated to reflect 2020 census data and other changes. The updated version can…
Uncategorized Time after Time: Overlay Photography 24 Jul 20211 Mar 2023 A gallery of past on present Fayetteville, North Carolina. Project begun summer 2018 and will continue to be updated. Winslow Street looking north toward the Amtrak Station, 1942 and 2018.…
Uncategorized Learning to Kill: Rosemary Daniell’s poem “Fort Bragg” and the murder of Vanessa Guillen 13 Jul 2021 While some of Rosemary Daniell’s 1988 book Fort Bragg and Other Points South is written in a haze of sensuality and playful lust, the poem “Fort Bragg” prefigures the environment…
An Unhappy Consciousness 