Wood-floored hall of library (specifically Poets House in NYC) If I had known anything about teaching interviews, I would have bowed out. Or at least that’s what the talking head version of me, filled with hindsight, says from on high. I had aced the first interview, I thought. They were enamored with my writing […]
My environmental science professor asks hardball questions. I finished presenting on environmental justice movements – thankfully slowed down from the double speed I had while practicing it – and was waiting for the silence to break with questions and comments. My professor started to ask about prioritizing a sewage pelletizing plant for the whole city […]
Expectation is the enemy of humility. I don’t know if that’s a quote by anyone famous, but it’s something that I’ve put away in my mental filing cabinet for whenever I feel like I’ve failed at learning something. And trust me, on this trip, there have been many times when I’ve felt like I’ve failed. […]