My nonfiction books include
The Blessing Next to the Wound: A story of art, activism and transformation, co-authored with Hector Aristizabal and recommended by Amnesty International, and
Emma Lazarus, YA biography, a Notable Book in the Sydney Taylor Book Awards.
\My essays and advocacy journalism have appeared frequently in LA Progressive and New Clear Vision as well as in The Believer, Colombia Reports, Connotation Press, CounterPunch, La Bloga, Numéro Cinq, The Sun, and TruthOut.
I wrote about books and theater but my main subjects are criminal justice reform, immigration, and US relations with Latin America, especially Mexico and Colombia.
While I write from a progressive point of view, I don't do op-eds. I try to provide information that progressives can use, as in my report of efforts around the country to disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline. Or I write to encourage thought, as in this report of my visit to the Marine training base in Twentynine Palms, CA.
I've written cultural commentary, as in this piece in TruthOut about cultural recuperation in Southern Italy.
The Blessing Next to the Wound: A story of art, activism and transformation, co-authored with Hector Aristizabal and recommended by Amnesty International, and
Emma Lazarus, YA biography, a Notable Book in the Sydney Taylor Book Awards.
\My essays and advocacy journalism have appeared frequently in LA Progressive and New Clear Vision as well as in The Believer, Colombia Reports, Connotation Press, CounterPunch, La Bloga, Numéro Cinq, The Sun, and TruthOut.
I wrote about books and theater but my main subjects are criminal justice reform, immigration, and US relations with Latin America, especially Mexico and Colombia.
While I write from a progressive point of view, I don't do op-eds. I try to provide information that progressives can use, as in my report of efforts around the country to disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline. Or I write to encourage thought, as in this report of my visit to the Marine training base in Twentynine Palms, CA.
I've written cultural commentary, as in this piece in TruthOut about cultural recuperation in Southern Italy.
When projects took me traveling, I was often inspired to write, as in this account of my work with Al Otro Lado, assisting migrants at the US/Mexico border.
In Cochabamba, Bolivia, working with the grassroots organization Educar es Fiesta, I learned about the Pedagogy of Tenderness.
In Cochabamba, Bolivia, working with the grassroots organization Educar es Fiesta, I learned about the Pedagogy of Tenderness.
In Northern Ireland, I met families who'd lost loved ones to British soldiers. This led to the essay "Hunger for Justice" which appeared in a special issue of New Madrid dedicated to the Great Famine. You can download a PDF of the essay here. And more writing about that visit to Northern Ireland, published by Numero Cinq, here.
A lot of people contacted me after hearing Rev. James Lawson speak at the funeral of John Lewis. In 2008 and 2009, I had the honor and opportunity of interviewing Rev. Lawson. Sections of this lengthy interview appeared in The Believer and Fellowship Magazine, but the entire interview has not been available publicly before. You can download it here. (Due to length, it may load slowly.) I want the interview available for many reasons, but also because there are many errors in much of the biographical material about Rev. Lawson now in print.
You can also download my interview for The Sun with Connie Rice about her work with LA police and LA gangs.
In 2010, I wrote for Truthout about "Peace Crimes."
My essays can also be found in Peace Movements Worldwide (Greenwood/Praeger), Nordic Work with Traumatized Refugees: Do We Really Care (Cambridge Scholars), We Shall Bear Witness (University of Wisconsin Press), Come Closer: Critical Conversations about the Practice of the Theatre of the Oppressed and Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Peter Lang Publishing) and Words Overflown by Stars (Writers Digest Books)
A lot of people contacted me after hearing Rev. James Lawson speak at the funeral of John Lewis. In 2008 and 2009, I had the honor and opportunity of interviewing Rev. Lawson. Sections of this lengthy interview appeared in The Believer and Fellowship Magazine, but the entire interview has not been available publicly before. You can download it here. (Due to length, it may load slowly.) I want the interview available for many reasons, but also because there are many errors in much of the biographical material about Rev. Lawson now in print.
You can also download my interview for The Sun with Connie Rice about her work with LA police and LA gangs.
In 2010, I wrote for Truthout about "Peace Crimes."
My essays can also be found in Peace Movements Worldwide (Greenwood/Praeger), Nordic Work with Traumatized Refugees: Do We Really Care (Cambridge Scholars), We Shall Bear Witness (University of Wisconsin Press), Come Closer: Critical Conversations about the Practice of the Theatre of the Oppressed and Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Peter Lang Publishing) and Words Overflown by Stars (Writers Digest Books)