Victoria Brownworth

My parents were Socialists and civil rights workers, so I was raised with the core belief that everyone is equal. It’s imbedded in my DNA. As a consequence, I am always stunned when people I otherwise respect show themselves to be bigots. I felt that shock on Monday while listening to NPR as I do [...]

 It’s a hot, sticky, summer-won’t-let-go kind of September Sunday afternoon. Just the kind of day to mull over two topics I am passionate about: the politics of race and the politics of writing. I didn’t just read something about these two confluent issues in the New York Times Sunday Book Review. Nor was there anything [...]