Published inSimple Word PublicationsOn the Cusp of Electing Kamala Harris for PresidentYou didn’t think it would be easy, did you? If something has never happened before, it’s typically because it has proven hard to achieve…Oct 29Oct 29
Published inSimple Word PublicationsAmplifying Black VoicesI’m beginning the Fall semester of 2024 in a new role. I was appointed a few months ago to a two-year term as interim chair of the…Sep 12Sep 12
Published inSimple Word PublicationsMargin-writingBeing marginalized as an African American in the United States has always been somewhat to my advantage. I’ve never seen much point in…Jun 29Jun 29
Published inSimple Word PublicationsFast ForwardToday, I am an educator, a tenured full professor at a major university. Teaching is really a giving profession. To do it really well is…Jun 24Jun 24
Published inSimple Word PublicationsCowboy Carter: A New Self-Portrait, by BeyoncéBeyoncé dropped a new album today and it once again proves she knows something that most artists know and not enough of the world has…Mar 29Mar 29
Published inSimple Word PublicationsMoons, and Junes, and Ferris WheelsComputer generated artwork created by my father, Jim RollingFeb 18Feb 18
Published inSimple Word PublicationsMaking Sacred SpacesSince today is my 60th birthday, I began the morning by reflecting back on things I have done and left undone. We don’t get to have many of…Dec 28, 20232Dec 28, 20232
Published inSimple Word PublicationsThickening Our FaithOne of the reasons I established Simple Word Publications was because of my impulse to, from time to time, publish short pieces of writing…Dec 18, 2023Dec 18, 2023
Published inSimple Word PublicationsRemembering Ma: A Mother’s Love, Life, and EulogyMa in her youth, a couple of years after bearing her fourth child.Dec 1, 2023Dec 1, 2023
Published inSimple Word PublicationsAffirmative Action and this Reactionary Supreme CourtWe’ve been here before. I was jolted by a sense of déjà vu when I heard the following caution from the official movie trailer for the…Jul 10, 2023Jul 10, 2023