It’s possible to bring nuance and forthrightness to hard history.

Truth telling

A life of art demands total commitment.

Laughter, tears and illumination

Reckoning with the reality of slavery

On marriage, making the bed, and seeing the world

"We've got to get on the same page before we can turn it. We've tried a do-it-yourself approach to writing the racial narrative about America, but the forces selling denial, ignorance, and projection have succeeded in robbing us of our shared history -- both the pain and the resilience."