by Mei Li | December 6, 2011 at 3:50 PM
Sitting in front of a farm house in New England, it starts raining and I miss you. I wish there were songs I knew of that you loved so I could listen to them right now, but the rain will suffice.
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by Mei Li | November 26, 2011 at 1:15 PM
It will be 90 days before we have autopsy results. I will write daily, even if it is two lines, for every bead on a mala. 108 days:
1.
It's a long time since I went to mother's for a cup
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by Mei Li | November 26, 2011 at 12:26 PM
The other night in class my professor was talking about the difference in the poems we create when we are writing out of necessity, or just writing to write: meet a deadline, get an assignment done, e
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by Mei Li | April 8, 2011 at 3:55 PM
Many of my friends have been supporting me by listening to endless rants about immigration, Tucson shootings, diverse senators, and prison conditions in Arizona.
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by Mei Li | March 30, 2011 at 12:47 AM
The United States accounts for less than 5% of the world’s population and nearly 25% of the world’s prisoners. The U.S. houses more inmates than the top 35 European countries combined.
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by Mei Li | March 12, 2011 at 7:56 AM
Three days ago my friend Leah invited me to march, rally, protest, support other men, women, and children who have had the night taken from them.
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by Mei Li | March 10, 2011 at 3:16 PM
Tonight I was invited to read at a Zonta International Humanitarian event. Proceeds will help strengthen services and programs for UNICEF, Safer Cities for Women and to the Liberia Fistula Program.
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by Mei Li | March 5, 2011 at 9:34 AM
I couldn't help but write Nana's story for the op-ed. Before I could berate myself for not investigating the last protest at the Phoenix capitol over immigration, my own grandmother died.
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by Mei Li | February 28, 2011 at 10:41 PM
The obituary would offer a name, explanation of character, and anyone left behind. Thousands like this were printed. Families paid per word to let the world know they had lost someone.
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by Mei Li | February 24, 2011 at 1:00 AM
When I was 16 I lived with my family in an apartment. My neighbor Lydia noticed that my home environment was unstable and my parents neglected parental responsibilities.
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