by Timothy C. Neumann | Nov 2, 2010 | The Public Humanist
Summer of ‘64… We drove our old, woodie Mercury three-seater, oil-burning station wagon with a one-wheeled trailer piled high with a family-of-six’s earthly belongings in tow, across the continent from Fresno, California, to Waxhaw, North...
by Adam Mazo | Nov 8, 2010 | The Public Humanist
“Before I had a trauma problem. I could not study. I was always suffering from headaches. I was always crying. I was hopeless about life because I thought was alone on earth.” That’s the first thing Fifi said to me when we began our interview with...
by Caleb Rounds | Nov 15, 2010 | The Public Humanist
Each spring right after my garden beds thaw, little green spears of garlic poke through the leaf mulch. The warmth awakens my compost and the smell begins to draw the neighbors’ ire. I love it: to me it’s the smell of sedition. By producing some of my food...
by Elizabeth Duclos-Orsello | Nov 19, 2010 | The Public Humanist
Norman Rockwell “Freedom From Want” (1943)Thanksgiving is fast approaching. Close your eyes and picture this scene: you and loved ones sharing food and memories, creating new ones, talking, laughing, lifting a glass of wine or a forkful of pie to toast...
by Wendy Lement | Nov 24, 2010 | The Public Humanist
When I was a graduate student at Emerson College, I enrolled in an Oral History and Performance course co-taught by professors Ron Jenkins (theatre) and Blanche Linden-Ward (history). We created a documentary theatre script, gaining practical experience in documenting...