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James O'Brien
Jan 183 min read
Project Diary: swaddled
And so, like in the beginning, at the end, the son is swaddled and alone with his mother.


James O'Brien
Dec 17, 20242 min read
Project Diary: staring into the eyes of a city
I remember a very stern-faced and serious KD, his bold, confrontational eyes staring into the eyes of a city...


James O'Brien
Nov 21, 20245 min read
Project Diary: on the limits of our sympathy
Think about the last piece of news you read or saw about the killing of a young man in Oakland. What did it tell you about the victim?


James O'Brien
Nov 15, 20242 min read
Project Diary: a reading at The Crucible in West Oakland
Last night at a fundraiser for Youth Alive, held at The Crucible in West Oakland, I was invited to read an excerpt from my work in progress


James O'Brien
Sep 4, 20244 min read
Project Diary: a moment of love can change the world
KWP crisis responders are interrupters of hate, savers of the lives of the living; they prevent retaliation. They deliver love.


James O'Brien
Aug 27, 20241 min read
Project Diary: foreshadowing in Sarasota
She had raised this person who possessed the vision necessary to discover, and deliver a previously unrecognized human right


James O'Brien
Jul 12, 20241 min read
Project Diary: never hopeless
Her faith was strong, girded and steely, if rarely worn on the sleeve. Tragedy did not diminish it...
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