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Sex and higher ed

March 6, 2007

Higher Ed’s new bathroom wall is online. But see “campus exposure.”

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I'm excited to see a show with @maximus_clarke and

I'm excited to see a show with @maximus_clarke and @summoned.skull for the first time in forever, but it's bittersweet to be at the August Wilson and know I will never again be here with Terry.

Early ANCESTOR TROUBLE index cards, consisting of

Early ANCESTOR TROUBLE index cards, consisting of quotes but also random observations, many of which never explicitly figured into the book. I'm feeling an inchoate pull toward another nonfiction project, but meanwhile I'm working on a novel, gathering inspiration, and making way for new index cards.

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“'Those who don’t know history are doomed to r

“'Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it' was a frequent warning in the schoolrooms of my childhood, one typically given in connection with major events like the fall of Rome or the American revolution. But there is no more intimate connection to history than through our individual families. And with the rise of laws forbidding discussions of racist histories, sharing our own ancestors’ shameful wrongdoings has never been more urgent." My thoughts on acknowledgement genealogy — putting the micro in your macro, as someone on Twitter said this morning — are up at @guardian_us. Many thanks to editor Jessica Reed for allowing me to write at length on the subject, and to artist @jkey13 for the perfect illustration. And thanks as always to my @RandomHouse editor Andrea Walker (@andreabwalkerct) and my agent Julie Barer (@thebookgrp) for the encouragement. #ancestortrouble

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