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“Fledging” by Amy Wink
In the dawn, a yet-to-be-visible bird sings clear notes of ascending and descending sixths through the shadowed oaks of my neighboring woodland. He sings again in late evening, setting the sun with his evensong, invisibly present in the waning light. I do not know if he greets the day or night with his performance, whether he hopes for brightness or twilight’s darkening. But I always listen, pausing to hear those clean notes score the edges of the day. read more
Categories: Austin, Austin, Texas, Essays, Creative Writing, Austin Writers, Nature Writing
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“Confessions of Another White Racist” by Lyman Grant
Telling the truth, an awful, shameful truth, is best done quickly. Like ripping off a band aid or pulling a tooth. So off with it, out with it: I am a racist.
That’s it. It’s that simple. But, immediately, as a good Austin liberal, I want to backtrack, to renege. I want to tell you that I am a committed teacher at a community college, happily serving “all populations.” I want to tell you that as an editor of anthologies, I always try to be “fair and balanced.” I want to tell you that the two churches I most often attend define themselves as “inclusive.” I want to tell you that I live in a neighborhood that is “mixed” in terms of ethnicities and socio-economic levels. read more
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Welcome to Austin State of Mind. In the next few weeks, we will begin to bring you essays that explore what being “Austin” means and reveal what “Austin” is. Recently declared one of the top ten “smart” cities and also noted as a city filled with the “creative class”– Austin provides an ingenious environment in which ideas, inventions, and innovations flourish. We hope to give readers a glimpse of what is distinctively Austin in life and art.
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