Achy Obejas

Recent stories by this author

Insider's Guide to Farmers Markets

Aug. 11, 2010
I’m off getting married and honeymooning and all that so, in my absence, some good friends are filling in. Today’s look at San Francisco Bay Area farmers markets comes from Sampada Aranke.

Citylife: Palm Springs chillin

Aug. 10, 2010
I’m off getting married and honeymooning and all that so, in my absence, some good friends are filling in. Today’s look at Palm Springs comes from Kemi Adeyemi.

Citylife: 79th Street Hair Salons (in pictures, many pictures)

Aug. 4, 2010
Editor's Note: If you've traveled along 79th Street in Chicago, west from Cottage Grove, you've no doubt noticed the rainbow of barbers, beauty shops, and hair salons. With names and designs equally colorful, these salons provide more than just cuts and color.

A (Black Panther) Story

Aug. 2, 2010
Probably the most fun teaching writing I’ve ever had is with the Insight Program at the University of Chicago’s Graham School. The students are brilliant high schoolers who come from all over to Hyde Park for three intense weeks.

Citylife: The bus turnaround

Jul. 29, 2010
 “I put myself in the Lord’s hands,” says Shirley Jackson as she leans against the shelter in the bus turnaround on Western Avenue just north of 79th Street, the same place nine people were shot on Monday night.

Miami: La Casa de las Guayaberas

Jul. 28, 2010
There’s something eerie about La Casa de las Guayaberas in the heart of Little Havana. First, it’s just really quiet – sure, there’s salsa playing overhead, but it sounds faraway and tinny.

Park Manor life, after Michael Bailey

Jul. 23, 2010
The stretch of Evans Avenue where Officer Michael Bailey was shot in the Park Manor neighborhood – the third Chicago police officer in a matter of weeks – is flanked by the Love & Learn Academy on 75th and Henry Tanner Public School at 74th St.

Mental Graffiti: Poetry by Britteney Blackrose Kapri

Jul. 21, 2010
(Photo: Achy Obejas) Tongue Lashing by Britteney Blackrose Kapri little boys think that answers are found in their tongues that palate cleansing means searching for new ones I wonder what brings him back his taste buds longing the condensed insides of my jaws he stumbles rosy pillows &lsqu

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