Hear mother’s emotional poem read at the sentencing of her 17-year-old daughter’s killer (video)
The mother of 17-year-old Karlianne Short wrote a poem in memory of her daughter that was read Friday at the sentencing of ...
Grieving mother brings 17-year-old daughter’s ashes to her killer’s sentencing in Syracuse
Angela Short walked into a Syracuse courtroom Friday holding a white marble box containing her teen daughter’s ashes. She sat ...
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Dear Reader—Reaching Toward Community in a Time of Winter
When I began to listen to poetry, it’s when I began to listen to the stones, and I began to listen to what the clouds had to say, and I began to listen to others. And I think, most importantly for all ...
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Veteran Finds Healing and Purpose Through Writing and Service
As we close out Veterans Day week, Fort Liberty honors veterans like Edward Milligan, who continue to make an impact long ...
‘Say Nothing’ Review: FX/Hulu’s Tale of the Troubles Is Powerful, Ambitious and a Little Too Scattered
The nine-episode adaptation of Patrick Radden Keefe's book centers on two young sisters who join the Irish Republican Army, ...
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My survivor parents taught me to loathe Germany. Was I ready to forgive?
A poet, raised among refugees in New York's Washington Heights, confronts the ghosts that inhabited his childhood.
Mothers, metaphors and dyslexia: What language reveals about the challenges of a child's learning disability
Once the mothers had a word—dyslexia—to identify the cause of their child's difficulties, they dived headfirst into research, ...