Election Day 2020: Democracy, Personal Whims, and Accountability – Conversations with the World 101

Welcome to Conversations with the World 101. Originally part of the virtual launch party for the book Greeting Flannery O’Connor at the Back Door of My Mind, this edited version is being presented as Americans head to the polls for Election Day 2020. This is what it’s all about: Quotations from my work in different … More Election Day 2020: Democracy, Personal Whims, and Accountability – Conversations with the World 101

Citizens of Newark Honor City and Historian Clement Alexander Price

                      Clement Alexander Price (photo by Nick Romanenko and Rutgers Magazine) The celebration held at Bethany Baptist Church in Newark, NJ, on November 14, 2014, honored the city itself as much as it did the life of historian Clement Alexander Price, who passed on November 5. “Everything he touched he made better,” said fellow historian … More Citizens of Newark Honor City and Historian Clement Alexander Price