Loaded Questions: On Leaving Tacoma
On our last night in Tacoma, my wife Mary and I were happy. We sat on our deck at Dash Point, in a home we rented but could never afford to buy, and welcomed our friends. One week earlier, I took a faculty position at Kansas State. It was a great opportunity. It was a good job at a great university. There was no decision to be made. Two days earlier, we flew back from Kansas City to Tacoma, packed up our entire house, and mourned our departure.
Read articleI Am From the Sound of Laughter
Post Defiance is proud to partner with Write@253 to present the second series of “I Am From” poems written by students at Tacoma’s First Creek Middle School. These poems, generated through the guidance of school officials and a passionate team of volunteers from many organizations, reveal the unique backgrounds of each student.
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UWT student Patrick Hardin’s stories are fast-paced and often violent; they tackle issues of moral ambiguity and the effects of being quickly plunged back into the “real” world after spending time in a war zone. He was deployed in Afghanistan in 2010, finished his service with the Army in 2011, and is currently a member of the National Guard.
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Post Defiance is proud to partner with Write@253 to present a series of poems written by students at Tacoma’s First Creek Middle School. Their “I Am From” poems, generated through the guidance of school officials and a passionate team of volunteers from many organizations, reveal the unique backgrounds of each student.
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Post Defiance is a digital-only magazine written for Tacoma, about Tacoma and by Tacomans.
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