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Jan 23, 2021

What it means to try to belong

I have spent more time in the Bronx wandering it and thinking about it in the past year than I have since I was a teenager. I am wondering, or have been wondering about why, exactly, I am obsessed with the place, given its history as a site of ill-repute…

Home

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What it means to try to belong
What it means to try to belong

Jan 11, 2021

White Supremacy is an Emergency

Most of us did not need last week’s domestic terrorist attack on the U.S. Capitol to know that white supremacy is an emergency. What is perhaps less considered more of the time is the fact that white supremacy is an emergency for all of us, especially white people. White supremacy…

White Supremacy

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White Supremacy is an Emergency
White Supremacy is an Emergency

Sep 23, 2020

Puppy Love

A new puppy is an extraordinary teacher, especially for these times. I’ve recently been claimed by a little one, which I’ll get to, and that’s made me think about having been a somewhat reluctant pet owner at various stages of my life. As a child, I moved far too much…

Puppies

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Puppy Love
Puppy Love

May 5, 2020

Lessons from self-isolation in 2012

This is the story of staying home without going outside except for necessities for most of 2012. There’s a section of my memoir, The Beautiful Darkness: A Handbook for Orphans (2016), where I talk about self-isolating voluntarily to deal with grief. A couple of writers have mentioned this might be…

Self

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Lessons from self-isolation in 2012
Lessons from self-isolation in 2012

Apr 23, 2020

Meditations on Staying Safe in the Bronx

“Stay safe,” the white man who is new to my South Bronx neighborhood said to me. He works at a restaurant nearby which had the definition of bad timing by opening up right as the pandemic paused New York State to a standstill. When he said it, I muttered something…

The Bronx

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Meditations on Staying Safe in the Bronx
Meditations on Staying Safe in the Bronx

Mar 25, 2020

Writing in the Face of Fear

I came to writing through fear. A recurring feature of my childhood was going without the basic necessities we need, especially as children, to make us feel safe: food, attention and shelter. What many people are experiencing as we shelter in place, and worry about what the unknown, infinite-possibility-laden future…

Writing

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Writing in the Face of Fear
Writing in the Face of Fear

Nov 17, 2019

The Nuances of Harriet

I almost didn’t see Harriet in theaters, and that would have been a mistake. The film is inspirational, perhaps especially moving in these times — a reminder that even when you can’t see your way out of oppression of any kind, there is still, in fact, a way out. There…

Harriet Tubman

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The Nuances of Harriet
The Nuances of Harriet

Sep 1, 2019

The Worst Day of My Working Life

The irony of the worst workday of my life is that I never made it into the office. At the time, I was working as a speechwriter for a health agency headquartered in Rockville, Maryland. On paper, my job and career trajectory looked amazing — in the span of two…

Worst Day

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The Worst Day of My Working Life
The Worst Day of My Working Life

May 22, 2019

Anthony Bourdain Remembered

I know most people remember Anthony Bourdain as a bad ass, world-traveling accidental journalist, but I had a different relationship to his celebrity. I knew he was a fellow Vassar alum, though he left the school on not-quite-friendly terms. I read this 2017 New Yorker profile of him that landed…

Parts Unknown

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Anthony Bourdain Remembered
Anthony Bourdain Remembered

Mar 27, 2019

Thoughts on ‘Us’ & A Terrifying America

Spoilers follow! Don’t be mad if you haven’t seen the movie and you read this! I went to see Jordan Peele’s previous foray into inclusive horror, “Get Out,” twice in theaters and I watched the version with the alternative ending with my sister at home. …

Movies

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Thoughts on ‘Us’ & A Terrifying America
Thoughts on ‘Us’ & A Terrifying America
Joshunda Sanders

Joshunda Sanders

Writer, Journalist & Educator. Author of I Can Write The World & a few other books. joshundasanders.com

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