What makes a Good Byline on analysis?

What kind of opinion writing captures your imagination?

Holds your attention?

Persuades you to think in ways that surprise you?

Inspires you to see yourself and the world anew?

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Here is a sampling of interviews or Commentaries that I produced:

Win or Lose, How Will We Cope?

TheRoot.com on TheWashingpost.com (A Live Chat keyed to 'Win or Lose, How Will We Cope?")

The MILFy Way

Good Grief: Exploiting Bereavement in the '08 Campaign

My Career: The Remix

Om, Sweet Om

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Why Stanley Crouch is Wrong About Bette Davis

The Color Line Online

Black Women Talk Barack

Tavis Smiley's Convenant

View the complete Nation Article Index

Essays

Mom v. Machines

What’s Not on My Coffee Table

Amazing Grace: On the Passing of Coretta Scott King

Book Reviews

Marcus Mabry’s biography of Condoleezza Rice, Twice as Good

Margaret Cezaire Thompson’s novel, The Pirate’s Daughter