by Robin Kirk | Oct 28, 2015 | featured, Robin Kirk
Along with many neighbors on West Club Boulevard, I feel a bit of a chill as Halloween approaches. No, it’s not because of the weather. For the past decade, my street has been a beacon for small (and not so small) kids eager to trick-or-treat. What started as a mild...
by Robin Kirk | Sep 13, 2015 | featured, Robin Kirk
2014 was declared the “year of the selfie” by Twitter, for what it’s worth. Since then, selfies have only increased in popularity – and ubiquity. After a recent trip abroad with students, I sifted through dozens of their photos searching for shots of the places or...
by Robin Kirk | Aug 8, 2015 | featured, Robin Kirk
I’ve been conducting a summer tour de café, opening my MacBook in the fug of coffee shops in Durham and beyond. Normally, I’m solitary. No space-sharing, no talk-radio hum, definitely no music. The occasional chatter of a Meet Up (I’m talking to you, Carrboro...
by Robin Kirk | Jul 3, 2015 | featured, Robin Kirk
Flor de Liz Perez is lightning bottled, a pint-sized streak on the esplanade in front of London’s National Theater. She has light green eyes and a laugh that seems to chase away gray English skies. Perez just opened a new play, “(Expletive) with a Hat,” by a...
by Robin Kirk | Jun 1, 2015 | featured, Robin Kirk
The news of the discovery of a sunken Portuguese slaving ship off the coast of South Africa is both exciting and deeply moving. According to the Washington Post, in 1794, the São José-Paquete de Africa carried 400 slaves bought in Mozambique and headed...
by Robin Kirk | May 31, 2015 | featured, Robin Kirk
Working in a university is a little like living in a fast-forward nature video. While I molder in my chair, the students swirling around me only get younger. They blossom, bloom and before the petals fall are off changing the world. I’ve learned to ration the Star...
