Author Archives: Kiese

To the Bravest Man I Never Met: I know that you’re out there, tortured and silent on a field or court, in a weight room, or addressing the media in front of a locker. It must be painful in ways … Continue reading →

I stood behind the one-way mirror and watched Shannon sitting on the couch. With the dull hum of rain hitting the window behind her, she absentmindedly flipped through an issue of Business Week, no doubt making mental notes. It was … Continue reading →

Are you seriously sharing this manufactured hyperbole? That was my first response to the viral Sandy Hook Fully Exposed Video that’s been making the rounds. I was only 5 minutes in and found several false assumptions and inaccuracies.  There were 3 guns … Continue reading →

I was buried in finals at the library when a voicemail from my mother’s work phone arrived.  It is rare that she calls me from anything but her cell phone, so with slight panic in my gut, I listened carefully: … Continue reading →

– Excerpt from Black Regions of the Imagination – After making the nearly eight-hour flight from New York’s Kennedy Airport to Paris’s Charles de Gaulle International Airport, I was plagued by the sneaking suspicion that everyone in Paris spoke English, … Continue reading →