Author: annalairdbarto
How I Became a Writer in spite of my Waldorf Education
While not outwardly heretical—like George’s mom, for example, who packed him marshmallow fluff sandwiches for lunch—my family did own a television, exposing me to subversive influences like Nova and Dan Rather.
It’s Time to Change our State Flag and Seal
What if the images were reversed? Would we still dismiss it as “just a symbol”?
A Memoir in Four Year Terms
Prince Obama could not wake Snow White. It took a slimy, forced smooch from the Orange Ogre for Cinderella to abandon the Castle of Complicity…
A Blog about Why I Don’t Blog
There must be another animal, vegetable, mineral or junk food that has yet to be compared to Trump’s hair?
On the Front Lines of the New Sanctuary Movement
No one with any human decency should need an explanation as to why it’s unacceptable to tear a loving father away from his wife and children.
Bad People
The same people who blame lesbians for Hurricane Harvey, and President Obama for the solar eclipse (if only they had that kind of power!) are the first to call climate change a hoax
My Day of Tlatelolco
On a Wednesday afternoon in June, I find Tlatelolco, site of so much historic upheaval, surprisingly sleepy. No one is manning the ticket booth at the Tlatelolco University Cultural Center. A security officer helps me track down the cashier to take my thirty peso admission fee, which I’m told gives me access to the Archeological…
Sewanee Writers’ Conference
I’m thrilled to announce that I have been awarded a Tennessee Williams Scholarship to attend the Sewanee Writers’ Conference in Sewanee, Tennessee, July 18th-30th.
Don’t Mess with Massachusetts
Move over Texas. You may have more guns, but we have history on our side, and health insurance.
