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Oct 29, 2021

THE MAN WHO SLEPT AT THE VIDEO STORE

A Story of My Father — No one ever beat me at the breathalyzer game. That morning, with tar nipping at my sneakers as I ran down the street, Dad invited us to play, and I unleashed a roar. Ready for another victory. We’d gone plenty of rounds by then and I always won. …

Short Story

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THE MAN WHO SLEPT AT THE VIDEO STORE
THE MAN WHO SLEPT AT THE VIDEO STORE

Jul 5, 2020

America, The Great

It’s 2050 and things have changed. — Do you remember when we were the greatest nation on earth? Fellow ’90s kids, I see you in all your jaded glory. Yeah, I’m talking to you. I remember it like it was yesterday and I was chasing my friends on the scorching black top with tar sticking to my…

Fiction

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America, The Great
America, The Great

Published in The Startup

·Jul 5, 2020

Publish that Novel, Girl

Our stories need readers. Writing has always been a deeply personal endeavor for me. Long before I ever considered writing for an audience, I wrote for myself. I wrote because I must. Locked away in my room through tumultuous junior high days, I curled up on my $2.00 yard sale recliner, prayed to the…

Writing

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Publish that Novel, Girl
Publish that Novel, Girl

Published in An Injustice!

·Jun 3, 2020

The Complicity of a Woke White Woman

Our marginalized friends need us to listen and to stand beside them regardless of the consequences — I learned about racism for the first time at six years old when my teacher taught us about slavery. That night I followed my mom around at the video store sobbing and asking why God would make me born white. So much pain filled me for the suffering of those…

Racial Justice

5 min read

The Complicity of a Woke White Woman
The Complicity of a Woke White Woman

Published in The Startup

·May 27, 2020

The Role of White Writers in Diverse Literature

Market trends are refreshing in that readers are demanding diverse casts of characters and novels that empower, rather than simply shock or thrill. …

Diversity

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The role of white writers in diverse literature
The role of white writers in diverse literature
Lindsay French

Lindsay French

Writer. Teacher. She/her. lindsayfrench.com

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