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Re-Imagining the Starving Artist

Several years ago, I had the honor (and absolute delight) of being invited by Nobel Poet Laureate Derek Walcott to study writing with him at Boston University’s Playwright Theatre. It was a life-changing experience on many levels, and Derek shared many … Continue reading

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For Benefit Corporations

We’re discovering, intimately and painfully, in the US, what happens when greed takes over. There has been a prevailing wisdom (or at least assumption…wisdom is perhaps the least appropriate word possible) in this country that business is solely about making … Continue reading

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Interest Free Banking

While it may sound like an anathema (or an impossible dream towards equity, depending upon your political persuasions) to people in the US, interest free banking has emerged as a stable, community-building force in Scandinavia. Take Sweden, for example, and … Continue reading

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