Guest Post: Ethics for Private Eyes
In which Thomas H. Humphreys, Private Eye, rants fabulously about the infamous Chris Butler, a California PI whose wildly creative criminality may actually set some kind of precedent for idiocy and hubris:
Make Your Own Job: Cambodian Edition
Her job is to help young women in a remote village gain control over their own bodies and lives. My job is to help tell her incredible story—in the form of a memoir.
Make Your Own Job: Ellen Gilbert Acts Locally, Thinks Globally
Ellen Gilbert’s mission at the Global Education Center is to open her city’s eyes, hearts, and minds to the vibrant hues of its international community.
Help the GRRRLs Conquer the World
Vali Forrister helps to open the world for teen girls, and she could use a little help. Girlfriends! Cough up some spare change!
Open Letter to a Developer: What Is “Local”?
A neighborhood meeting gone south, and the grumpy letter that sprang from it.
Jennifer Egan’s Poetweet Serial
I hope you’ve been reading novelist Jennifer Egan’s serial spy story on Twitter these past nine evenings. Last Sunday night, it began like this: The e-verse is not killing great writing; it’s providing more and more fascinating ways to deliver it. Last year I fell in love with Dan Sinker’s brilliant foray into serialized Twitter performance…
A Letter from Tennessee to Poland and Ukraine
A little tough love for Eastern Europe, from a Southern state that knows a little something about stereotypes and bigotry.
Ask. Listen. StoryCorps.
The StoryCorps listening project comes to Nashville.
The Greenery 