150 Days
Today marks 150 days since the last time I felt external physical touch of any kind. It’s an incredibly strange sensation to describe, and I’m sure there are millions out […]
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A Letter to NYC City Council – June 12, 2020
Hello, My name is Danny Ward and I am a resident of Crown Heights, Brooklyn. I am writing to urge you to vote to reallocate major portions of the NYPD […]
I Vow to Stand
I am white. I am male. I am American. And I have been, up to this point, silently racist in my attempt at support for people of color. It’s awkward […]
The Paper Boy
“They called me a magnate tonight,” he said, as he ducked his narrow, hatted head below the bannister, searching for Meredith in the dusty attic. “What?” “A magnate. They called […]
Ten Times a Failure
There’s a certain amount of failure that we, as adults, become accustomed to. It’s part of becoming an adult. We fail in love, we fail in school, we fail in […]
Me at 36
As our story begins, Danny Ward is 36 years old and standing in the shower in his parent’s new apartment in downtown Detroit. It’s two days after Christmas. And last […]
The Friends We Keep
As difficult as it was with her increasing size, Amanda refused to stop bringing Jeremy his lunch every day at twelve fifteen. It wasn’t so much done out of enjoyment, […]
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