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Letter to My Niece [and All the Black Girls Struggling in America]

January 28, 2015 / aarongoggans / 5 Comments

Dear Jadie [and all the other Black girls growing up in a world that erases them and still expects them to carry a nation on their backs], Keep your head up. Keep your back straight. Keep your eyes open. You have your grandmother’s eyes and the world needs that light to guide it out of … Continue reading Letter to My Niece [and All the Black Girls Struggling in America]

Clare: The Stories We Tell Ourselves In Order To Live

October 14, 2014 / aarongoggans / Leave a comment

      I’ve debated with myself about what the purpose of these interviews is. I’ve been constantly questioning why I do them and, more importantly, what I want my audience to get out of them. I have yet to come up with a coherent answer to the second question but talking to my dear … Continue reading Clare: The Stories We Tell Ourselves In Order To Live

All Happy Families Are Happy In The Same Way

September 23, 2013 / aarongoggans / 2 Comments

Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. --Leo Tolstoy    So, here I am living with my two amazing sisters and wonderful niece in a house in Washington D.C. My sisters and I had a heart to heart a few nights ago. One of my sisters looked at … Continue reading All Happy Families Are Happy In The Same Way

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