What the Monongahela Taught Me
Finding Refuge in Your Favorite Monsters
I want my students to fall madly in love with Rosalind. She’s my favorite of all Shakespeare’s heroines, I tell them, pressing my hand to my heart, pretending to swoon.
Even surgeons can be superstitious.
On the New Science of Narcissism
Toward a New Black Solidarity
Liner Notes for a Life’s Playlist
Learning to Swim Later in Life
Reflections in My Racially Nonbinary Life
Strange Reflections at the Singerie