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Posts published by “Jonah Raskin”

A Forgotten White Reporter

Mark Kellogg, who is now largely forgotten, was the only reporter who accompanied Lieutenant Colonel George Custer and his troops in June 1876 when they clashed with Indian warriors…

James Joyce’s Jewish-Irish Epic at 100

Norma Barnacle burned most of the letters she received in 1909 from her lover who signed his name, “Jim.” But she didn’t destroy all of…

Author Alice Walker Uninvited in Berkeley

Alice Walker, who you recently read about in the pages of the AVA, is in trouble again, once again for something that she wrote. The…

The Ongoing Saga of Chesa Boudin

In France, and all around the globe, eyes are focused on the French presidential election, though not many citizens seem to be hot and bothered…

Fraudulent Frisco

Have you ever felt like a fraud? Maybe you have at some juncture in your own life. Right now I feel like an imposter. I…

Saving San Bruno Mountain

To understand San Bruno Mountain today it helps to know some of its history. After all, it’s probably the last frontier in the San Francisco…

Water On Her Mind

Born in St. Louis near the Mississippi River, the author, teacher and ecologist, Jane Wolff, lives and works in Ontario, Canada. “Up stream” is how…

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