Much of what Dave taught me had to do with the sympathy and intelligence he applied to varieties of experience that that were alien to me, and that I might otherwise have dismissed as too low to take seriously.
Read MoreTimothy Lensmire begins his new book, White Folks, with a story about becoming white. As a senior at Boonendam High School, in the rural Wisconsin town of Boonendam—and a recent winner of a statewide storytelling competition—Lensmire was asked to reprise his performance at the annual school awards dinner.
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