In Joe Biden’s July 5 interview with George Stephanopoulos, the president brusquely rebuffed all the reporter’s promptings about quitting his race for re-election: bad poll numbers, calls from a few elected Democrats, the panicked appeals from the pundit chorus. . . . A defiant Delaware “Meh” to them all. Then Biden made one concession: “Look. … Continue reading Biden and God
Adapted from Tell It Slant, by Emma Lapsansky-Werner, with Chuck Fager: For most of the three-plus centuries since the founding of Quakerism, Quakers had viewed the arts as snares and “distractions” from listening to the Word-of-the-Divine within. George Fox threw down the marker as early as 1678: All ye Poets, Jesters, rhimers, makers of Verses … Continue reading Tell It Slant — With Lemonade: A Book Launch at Haverford
Tell It Slant, Excerpt #6 [Chuck worked for the Postal Service from late 1985 to mid-1994. He first delivered mail on a rural route, then moved inside to work as a Mailhandler at a huge mail processing facility in Merrifield VA, an outer D.C. suburb. After four years of moving mail, there was a change]: … Continue reading Tell It Slant, Excerpt #6: Going Postal on EEO & Vietnam at USPS
Tell It Slant: Baring It All about The Elusive Nude Beach Gig; Plus, an Epiphany & After [In July, 1974, Chuck Fager’s first marriage failed. About a year later, his two young daughters were moved to the San Francisco area by their mother. Soon Chuck followed, to stay in close contact with them. ] … Continue reading “Tell It Slant” Excerpt #5: San Francisco & “Going Naked for a Sign “ — or at least a job
The Western Friend is continuing evidence (tho it’s still news to some) that there is lively Quaker periodical publishing outside Philadelphia. When the editor learned about Tell It Slant, she didn’t hesitate: Friend Mitchell Santine Gould’s review, the first, was included in its current online newsletter edition. Mitch is a distinguished independent historian with a … Continue reading “Tell It Slant”: The New Quaker Biography’s First Review Is Out!