Natalie Race studies law at the University of Virginia and volunteers with New City Arts Initiative, an affiliate of International Arts Movement in Charlottesville. She is a former Editor of the Curator.
How We Don't Talk About Musicians: The Irrational Is Essential
The irrational is essential. Save for those atop the food chain, being a musician anywhere means hustlin’ for life, with little job security or even business model. I suspect that after a few years of making a living as an average musician, you realize that your dreams really are your anchors. Clark: “You have to […]
How might restorative justice have changed the trial of James Bonard Fowler?
If you were moved by Josh Cacpardo’s June article, Cruel and Usual, about the challenges faced by individuals re-entering society after incarceration, NPR’s All Things Considered has a great story about how Mark Goldsmith, a retired cosmetics executive is helping young inmates at Rikers Island through his non-profit “Getting Out and Staying Out.” “You have […]
Throw in the missing daughter of a famous evangelist, a handful of corrupt police officers, a marriage saddled with its own emotional baggage, a couple of attempts on our hero’s life, and a violent hurricane, and you can’t possibly avoid producing a page-turner.
“n. the lucky fascination felt when a typo immeasurably improves a sentence you wrote, singed by the underlying recognition that the book of your life is credited to you but is not in your handwriting, which nevertheless appears in trace passages of many other lives.” Emphasis added. From the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows.
New York’s best pizza is in Atlanta.
Confession: I’ve recently found myself to be a knitter.
I am reminded that my actions do have consequences, that I can tangibly affect my world – even if, for today, that is only in the orientation of a Bryant Park chair.
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