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First steps in writing a family history?

Last year, I decided that I wanted to learn more about my family history and start writing a narrative that centers on my grandmother, a woman who immigrated to the U.S. as a domestic worker in the early 1970s. I'm not sure if this will…
Photo of a Barbie dollPhoto by Tara Winstead: https://www.pexels.com/photo/toy-doll-of-woman-dressed-in-dress-6479562/

‘Life in Plastic:’ Barbies and the origins of storytelling

As Barbie movies and documentaries become part of popular culture, I look back at my own formative memories with the doll and it's connection to my love of stories.
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A Search for Caribbean Culture and the Tobago Heritage Festival

A life-long search for my Caribbean culture leads to the Tobago Heritage Festival.