Sarah EisnerDark RoomIn 2018, I work in the dark room, a makeshift antechamber entered through the wall of a regular classroom, at my son Ben’s middle school…·8 min read·May 26, 2022----
Sarah EisnerFor Gary RiekesIn 2014, my son Wilson broke both of his arms — wildly displacing one of them — at his twelfth birthday party. Instead of cutting cake and…·8 min read·Apr 1, 2021----
Sarah EisnerWe Have Two Weeks to Save the State of Georgia from Decimating Sacred ‘Weeping Time’ Land for a…(and I believe we can)5 min read·May 28, 2020--2--2
Sarah EisnerReparations in the Time of Corona: Why they’re even more relevant now (Personal Reparations 5)The rate of Black land loss doesn’t decrease during a national disaster. In that respect, our legal team came together just in time.9 min read·Apr 6, 2020----
Sarah EisnerPersonal Reparations 4: RepresentationIt seemed obvious to me that in a country grappling with what reparations to Black Americans for slavery and Jim Crow and beyond might…·16 min read·Jan 21, 2020----
Sarah EisnerPersonal Reparations 3: Heirs Property, “Safe” Words, and ‘Slave Play’Spoiler alert: This essay details the last scene of “Slave Play.”·12 min read·Dec 16, 2019----
Sarah EisnerPersonal Reparations 2: Black Wealth, White Saviorism, and H.R. 40Last week I caught a red eye to Hilton Head, spent a day recovering, and then my mother, step-father and I drove the 40 miles southwest to…·11 min read·Nov 7, 2019----
Sarah EisnerPersonal ReparationsWhen reparations discussions began to make big news, I didn’t need to understand what, exactly, was being proposed — money…·6 min read·Oct 24, 2019----
Sarah EisnerWork Hard and Be Nice: The Work of Motherhood in the Cult of the ExtremeThere are many different kinds of religion. There is the kind of religion you are forced to observe as a child and that makes you feel…·14 min read·Mar 18, 2019--2--2
Sarah EisnerIn Silicon Valley (A Prologue)In Silicon Valley, I will like starting tech companies in my thirties for the same reasons I liked having open-heart surgery when I was…·18 min read·Mar 12, 2019--3--3