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On bearing witness to the costs of the post-9/11 wars, 20 years in

Mosaic Community Essays Twenty years. 929,000 killed. Eight trillion dollars. That’s a conservative estimate of the costs of America’s forever war on terror. When Brown University’s Costs of War Project, which I helped found 10 years ago, released these figures earlier this month, I was standing in my Maryland kitchen with my husband, a Naval […]

How We’ve Changed

It’s been 20 years since the September 11th terrorist attacks changed everything. In this episode of Mosaic, we’ll hear from four different people about their experiences with 9/11.

I moved to New York City in 1999 to chase my dream of becoming a writer.

Mosaic Community Essays I moved to New York City in 1999 to chase my dream of becoming a writer. I was 28 and broke and in love with the paradox of New York’s grit and polish and its chronic opportunities to reinvent yourself. I probably would have been leaving my apartment in Brooklyn – late as […]

Birds

Mosaic Community Essays It was 2020, the summer of COVID, when my parents, now in their 80s, decided to adopt baby birds. Here’s how it happened: in the process of cutting dead wood off a tree in my parents’ backyard, trimmers had accidentally sawed off a segment which contained a nest hidden in a cavity […]

COVID NY

Mosaic Community Essays March 3rd 2020World Wildlife DayAt United NationsNew York The last event there due to covidA whisper around townIs this virus for real?Dinner with GaryWants to meet me in LAI say – stay in NY – not safe to flyI’m going to family in RI not LAShrugs his shoulders, flies the next daycomes back […]

Bonus Episode! Capture the Block from Fringe Fest 2021

Highlights from Mosaic’s community stage at The Wilbury Theatre’s Fringe Fest 2021. Ana sits down with activist Enrique Sánchez and artist Jess Brown to talk about the impact of the pandemic on their lives and communities.

How Covid-19 Affected My Family

Mosaic Community Essays When people ask me what year I graduated college, my answer is “ 2020” with the accompaniment of the words, “during the pandemic.” I answer the question with a hint of sadness in my voice. I was disappointed. I did not get to walk across the stage on commencement day to the […]