Alyea Pierce is an author, public speaking and poetry coach, and performer. She is the Assistant Director for Department of Leadership and Experiential Learning at Rutgers University. She describes her purpose with spoken word as one to provide a voice for the unheard – those silenced in some way. In her work, she strives to tell stories as truthfully as possible, whether in describing experiences with race, gender, cancer, autism, or Alzheimer’s. In this TEDx talk in Huntsville, Alabama, Alyea shares a spoken word piece about overcoming the challenges of Alzheimer’s within her family.
Without License
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Without End
By: Dustin Hillsley, Associate at Kirkland & Ellis LLP Photo by Rennett Stowe 1. The great absurdity of life was that by the time you had the knowledge and wisdom to appreciate it you were already losing it. What was it people said? When you’re born, you’re already dying. But I think knowledge and wisdom …
Wind, Rain, or Nothing at All
By: Erin E. McKee, Decedent Care Education Coordinator with Novant Health Photo by Niels Kliim The tree was fixing to fall, and he knew it. He knew it before the headlights swiped the last stand of hickory by the unmarked drive. Not by sight, but by feeling - the weight of it, the force of …
A Platonic Dialogue: Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis
By: John Van Swearingen, Student at Wake Forest University School of Law John Van Swearingen is featured in our Author Spotlight section. You can read his interview about his piece here. Let us assume that Plato and Socrates were alive today, and they sat down together after an enlightening Bioethics class to discuss the topic …
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The Post-Modern Prometheus
By: Perrin B. Fourmy, Associate at Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP Photo by Chevalie R. “Dr. Thompson, it’s all over.” A man with a badge and a walkie talkie was explaining to the lab coats and suits that they could come back inside. It was just another false alarm. Dr. Thompson had gotten used to …
Jilted
By: Mark J. Vaders, Counsel at Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP Photo by DVIDS Louis Wooten hadn’t always been a jealous man. He reflected on that fact as he sat, watching the steady trickle of foot traffic flowing through Jefferson Park. It was a gorgeous May morning, the first after an abnormally chilly spring, …
A Day in the Trades
By: Jacob B. Hansen, Associate at Kirkland & Ellis LLP Photo by Jacob Trbovich The following takes place in 2685, nearly five centuries after the Third Great War. Terms that may not be familiar to all readers are set in bold the first time they appear and are annotated in the Glossary which follows the story. …
Awaken 