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The other day I was in my neighborhood grocery store when I encountered a tall, middle-aged African-American man stocking shelves. He had a cart full of product and part of it blocked my way.
Laurie Stone is author of six books, most recently "Streaming Now, Postcards from the Thing that is Happening," longlisted for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award. She writes the Substack "Everything is Personal.”.
Mar 9, 2022 · July 1, 2021 by Laurie Stone. When I read remarks from people prefaced with a series of identity markers (like bar code)—as a gay, het, trans, white, black, disabled, poor, rich, and so on—as if this is who you are, I think, this is not who you are. I think, this tells me nothing I can smell, taste, see, touch, hear.
Jan 25, 2023 · Later Enright quotes Morrison in a piece she wrote in 1971 for the New York Times in response to the prompt, “What the Black Woman Thinks about Women's Lib.” “Morrison pointed out that the category of 'the Black Woman' includes many different kinds of people: militant young girls, middle-aged socialites, ‘those wispy girl junkies who ...
Sep 20, 2023 · The novel reads like a stolen diary or a thriller, advancing via snapshots, fast forwards, jump cuts, and fades. In most chapters, we’re inside the mind of either Mary, called Louise, or Bobby called Nash, in their underground lives. Sometimes we’re inside Miranda, a young idealist who’s attracted to Nash.
Laurie Stone is author of six books, most recently "Streaming Now, Postcards from the Thing that is Happening," longlisted for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award. She writes the Substack "Everything is Personal.”
After many years as a journalist at The Village Voice (1974–1999), she was appointed theater critic for The Nation and critic-at-large on NPR's Fresh Air. Her books include a story collection, My Life as an Animal (Northwestern University Press), an essay collection, Laughing in the Dark (Ecco), a novel, Starting with Serge (Doubleday), and ...
