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2mins
Michael Eric Dyson on what a black president could do to alleviate black misery.
2mins
Michael Eric Dyson on the challenges faced by today’s black community .
3mins
Michael Eric Dyson explains the concept of “automortality” and how it applies to Dr. King.
2mins
Dyson explains the black church’s prophetic tradition, and its role in the Rev. Wright controversy
5mins
Michael Eric Dyson on Dr. King, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and Barack Obama
5mins
Michael Eric Dyson discusses public perception of Dr. King from the 1960s to now.
2mins
Augusten Burroughs recalls a childhood friend, and his current French companions.
3mins
Augusten Burroughs has a foolproof cure for writer’s block.
3mins
Every parent should send a dollar to J.K. Rowling.
9mins
Augusten Burroughs agrees with Einstein: “There is no preferred point of view in the universe”
5mins
Augusten Burroughs does not possess the blessing of forgetfulness.
4mins
Carson McCullers makes Augusten Burroughs’ A-list; Ernest Hemingway is overrated.
2mins
The writer gives thanks to those who have made it easier to be gay today.
14mins
What drives a thirteen year old to drink?
6mins
Northerner by birth, Southerner by everything else?