The Reading Room

An indigo-blue wildflower growing through cracked red Tennessee clay, with golden roots glowing beneath the soil and Appalach

The Shielded Life: Rooted. Shielded. Undisturbe...

This flower is the argument. The wave did not crack Tennessee open. The statewide Republican wins are real, and I am not going to dress them up as something else....

The Shielded Life: Rooted. Shielded. Undisturbe...

This flower is the argument. The wave did not crack Tennessee open. The statewide Republican wins are real, and I am not going to dress them up as something else....

Felicia raising a ceramic coffee mug in a playful toast, with books, ramen, and a glowing keyboard in a golden-hour reading r

The Pursuit of Peace & Joy: Stay Black, Stay Re...

On TNFro is Reading, I say, “I only have to do 2 things: stay Black and die. Everything is a choice or negotiable.” It gets a laugh because it sounds...

The Pursuit of Peace & Joy: Stay Black, Stay Re...

On TNFro is Reading, I say, “I only have to do 2 things: stay Black and die. Everything is a choice or negotiable.” It gets a laugh because it sounds...

Burgundy prayer beads, a brass singing bowl, and tea ingredients arranged on dark walnut

The Grind: Two Minutes in the Theater Seat

Monday has a way of making you lean forward before you have even decided what matters. The inbox is open. Performance numbers are waiting. Study materials are spread across the...

The Grind: Two Minutes in the Theater Seat

Monday has a way of making you lean forward before you have even decided what matters. The inbox is open. Performance numbers are waiting. Study materials are spread across the...

Burgundy meditation beads, a brass singing bowl, and tea ingredients arranged on dark walnut

Dropping Back: The Seat Behind the Static

Sunday, November 1 The morning reset starts simply: mindful movement, hot lemon water, then tea. No grand production. Just a few deliberate choices that tell my attention it does not...

Dropping Back: The Seat Behind the Static

Sunday, November 1 The morning reset starts simply: mindful movement, hot lemon water, then tea. No grand production. Just a few deliberate choices that tell my attention it does not...

Stack of leather-bound books beside a ribbon-tied manuscript on a dimly lit desk

Weekend Reads & Vibes: The Book You Can't Buy New

I’m doing nothing for Halloween. No costume, no party, no elaborate plan. But this weekend’s reading has its own kind of scary: a young person describing a childhood in which,...

Weekend Reads & Vibes: The Book You Can't Buy New

I’m doing nothing for Halloween. No costume, no party, no elaborate plan. But this weekend’s reading has its own kind of scary: a young person describing a childhood in which,...

Graphic image of hands gluing a torn Constitution and Bill of Rights back together under the word VOTE

The Grind: Hyper Alert, My Ballot, and Two Deca...

The views expressed hereafter are all mine. Vote your own conscience and moral basis, if you don’t have any, or don’t know what that means, child, I can’t help you....

The Grind: Hyper Alert, My Ballot, and Two Deca...

The views expressed hereafter are all mine. Vote your own conscience and moral basis, if you don’t have any, or don’t know what that means, child, I can’t help you....