Before the Flowers

Taking Root in Tended Ground | Essay One

May 25 • Matthew Long

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Nomadic

A Reading of Sherman Alexie's "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian"

May 20 • Matthew Long

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Commonplace #19

Some things that recently caught my interest

May 18 • Matthew Long

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April 2026

Learning to Fly

A Reading of Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God"

Apr 24 • Matthew Long

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Commonplace #18

Some things that recently caught my interest

Apr 9 • Matthew Long

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March 2026

What We Carry When We Vanish

A Reading of Brit Bennett's "The Vanishing Half"

Mar 30 • Matthew Long

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Commonplace #17

Some things that recently caught my interest

Mar 14 • Matthew Long

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February 2026

The Geography of What We've Lost

A Reading of Esmeralda Santiago's "When I Was Puerto Rican"

Feb 24 • Matthew Long

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Commonplace #16

Some things that recently caught my interest

Feb 10 • Matthew Long

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Speaking Truth in Love

A Patriot's Rebuke

Feb 9 • Matthew Long

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An Ancient Problem

The Age of Noise: Reclaiming Thought in the Digital Age - Part Two

Feb 2 • Matthew Long

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January 2026

What the Mountain Keeps

A Reading of James Baldwin's "Go Tell It On The Mountain"

Jan 26 • Matthew Long

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