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In a recent conversation with Dr. Gilo Kwesi Cornell Logan, we talked about race, racism, and fitting in. He remembered a moment (it's a...

Nina Kavin

May 4, 20182 min read

Jerome Summers is a big man with a big personality and an oversized laugh. At 62, he has been homeless twice and hungry often. He has...

Nina Kavin

Apr 23, 201816 min read

Patricia Swanson's story, and others I’ve gathered over recent months, helped inform and inspire Tim Rhoze and Stephen Fedo, the writers...

Nina Kavin

Apr 21, 20189 min read

[This essay was first published several years ago in the fifth-ward newsletter and is retold here with Bruce's permission] Bruce, 64, is...

Bruce Allen King

Apr 6, 20184 min read

Robert Crayton is at a crossroads. Literally. The compact, muscular 40-year-old with an earnest face and gentle eyes, plans to open...

Nina Kavin

Jan 9, 20189 min read

An interview with Tim Rhoze, artistic director, Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre If you’re a regular at Evanston’s Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre,...

Nina Kavin

Nov 11, 201713 min read

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