— 9/11/2001. You probably remember exactly where you were when the Twin Towers were hit. I was working in my children’s school as an art teacher at the time, and the news came on before the kids arrived. We watched the planes fly into the World Trade Towers. We looked on in disbelief. How could this…
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Stripped Down
Author and Poet Terrell Washington Anansi writes about the beauty of starting fresh.
Author and Poet Terrell Washington Anansi writes about the beauty of starting fresh.
Men to Boys: Don’t Play with Your Star Wars Toys
To the confusion of all the boys and girls out there, adults insist that action figures belong in boxes.
Portland Maine, Where 9-11 Began
9/11 hits closer to home for Andy Schulkind than he thought. Here’s how. #NeverForget
What I Want My Kids to Know About 9/11
This week, many parents wondered what to tell their children about the commemorations of the attacks on the World Trade Center of September 11, 2001. One blogger wrote down some pretty compelling talking points.
Muslims For Life: American Muslims Stand Up to Save Lives on 9/11
We shall never forget the 3,000 who lost their lives on 9/11. Let us remember them, then, by saving 30,000 lives. And in saving life, let us make sure that history will never be the same.
9/11. We Remember
Let the stories add meaning.
Emotional Intelligence of Mass Extinction
How do you live with the awareness of death on a massive scale?
9/11, Eleven Years On: Let Our Reflections Be Only a Brief Pause
Slade Sohmer remembers 9/11: Running down 30 flights of stairs from his office on Wall Street, watching the sky turn yellow with smoke, and thinking of all the families who didn’t know they’d just lost their father, sister or child.
The Amnesia of 9/11
We came together as a country eleven years ago. Can we do it again in 2012?
On the Eleventh of the Eleventh
Looking back upon what we could have learned from 9/11, Greg Olear sees only opportunists of many stripes using the events to further their agendas.
Why ‘Carry on With Your Daily Lives’ Doesn’t Make Sense to Me
Jack Varnell wonders, “Has our kick the ass of the world, Billy Bad ass, macho attitude contributed in some way to where we are now?”
Remembering Tarel: A Tribute to an Early Responder
Tarel was inside of the South Tower when it fell. He died the only way he would have wanted: saving others.
When No Birds Sang
Photojournalist Lyle Owerko walked out of his apartment and 10 minutes later shot the photo that ended up on the cover of Time Magazine. He hopes his photos left a mark of integrity.
My Private 9/11
Brian Gresko wonders if 9/11 should be a time for us all to be silent.
Steve Almond: A Decade of Magical Thinking. Excerpt from The Rumpus
“One of the duties of the artist – not the only duty, but a central one – is to impel people to imagine the complexity of thought and feeling inside another person.”