I lost my mother in April, and though we’d spent the last few weeks of her life sharing a peaceful hospice experience together, her death marked a paralyzing separation from the only life-partner I’d ever […]
Category: Editorial
In Celebration of Women (in Office)
TRR’s home state — Arizona — just swore in our fifth female governor, Katie Hobbs, on January 2, 2023, making us the first sate to elect an historic five women to the state’s highest office. […]
Poetry is Radical
Some people think poetry should be political. Others argue that all poetry is inherently political because the very act of inscribing our agency, especially when we identify as marginalized or intersectional, is a political act. […]
It Feels Like the death of Democracy
As the news of Trump’s demonization of public education crushes us like a wave… As the crafting of false analogies between “left-wing indoctrination” and social unrest leave us stunned… As we read the words “toxic […]
Declarations of Independence from TRR Editors
always, something deserves to be burned…~ from “Not an Elegy for Mike Brown” by Danez Smith I may not have understood the significance of phrases like white hate and generational racism when I was a […]
The Shot Heard Round the World: Zoombombing in the Era of MAGA/Covid
I would describe the bombers as “fraternity boys,” and I’m not saying this to perpetuate unsubstantiated stereotypes. I’ve been in higher education for just over 20 years, and I’ve seen some deplorable behaviors from fraternities […]
Attempting to Define My Relationship to Black History Month
If you’re an educator, you might be celebrating Black History Month by assigning Frederick Douglass or Sojourner Truth, maybe Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes. If you’re not confined by district restrictions and reading lists, […]