Most of my focus was on the conference call with my neighbors, a state agency, and nonprofit organization, as we went back and forth over the uphill battle to save our low income community. But some small part of my attention was in memory. …

Though the title of this piece may strike some as funny, know that I write this with the utmost sincerity and seriousness. This is not meant to make light of our current situation in any way, nor is it intended to be a work of satire. Last month, I spent…

My name is Angela Kaufman. I live in a mobile home park. I moved into this affordable mobile home park community in Saratoga county in summer of 2020. My partner and I wanted a place we could afford considering my declining health and inconsistent income as a self-employed freelancer. …

Scrolling through Facebook this morning, I saw a meme posted in a local pet advocacy group: “Behind every pet surrendered to a shelter is a human to blame. Be a responsible pet owner.” This hit close to home, as just the night before, I sent a message to a friend…

When writing about the South Station Occupation and events that have transpired in Albany since April 14, 2021, I have up until now made a crucial mistake. I did my best to outline events that others are also documenting, as they occur. As you’ll see in this article, events taking…

Though it was about five years before the pandemic, Kelly Link’s highly acclaimed short story The Summer People bears an uncomfortable resemblance to working conditions of essential workers. In fact, the story could just as easily be called “Alice in Wonderland for Essential Workers” and it would make complete sense. …

Valentine’s Day has been heavily commercialized over the centuries, like every holiday that has been watered down in service of the white supremacist, capitalist patriarchy. …

“You don’t like Gordon Lightfoot?” I asked him. “Not since he came out with the album ‘Get Ready, I Suck.’” This was taken from an actual exchange from a few years ago, shared with you now to make the point that tastes can be highly subjective. However, as writers, I…

Maybe you just want to write out of a love of the craft. Maybe you take great joy in story-telling. Maybe you want to tell your unique story. “But I’m a writer, I’m not into all that marketing.” If you’ve said the above before, there are some harsh truths about…