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Pirette McKamey

Pirette McKamey lives in Oakland, California among the redwoods, restaurants and streets revitalized by art. A retired anti-racist educator, she writes fiction and nonfiction. She is currently working on a novel, supported by the Lighthouse Writers Project. Her essay, "What Anti-racist Educators Do Differently," was published in The Atlantic online in June 2020.

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My Levittown 

by Pirette McKamey

I am embarrassed to admit that I loved Levittown even when it didn’t love me. It was my first home, and like…

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