Month: August 2015

TEDxMemphis Recap

I just got home from a whole day at the first ever TEDxMemphis event– I say “first” because it looks like plans are already in the works for another one next year (THIS MUST HAPPEN!)– and I cannot possibly exaggerate what an amazing, informative, inspirational and motivational event it was.  Especially for this city, my city,…

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Reading Coates, Part 2: the Dream, the Body and the Blame

This is the second installment of my Reading Coates posts, offering some reflections on Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me in light of our summer reading group’s discussion of the same.  You can read Part 1 here. Before I jump right into Chapter 2, I want to take a moment to comment upon what I…

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