I think of Harriet Muse as one fierce lady. She couldn't read. She had no education. She did labor her whole life. And she stood up to Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey at a time where she was told… — Beth Macy Copy Share Image
My favorite novel ever is Abraham Verghese's 'Cutting for Stone.' It takes you so many places. I stayed up to 4 in the morning… — Beth Macy Copy Share Image
You just keep shining a light and hoping people will start to pay attention. — Beth Macy Copy Share Image
So many white people don't want to talk about race; it's uncomfortable. Many reason that slavery happened more than a century ago, and people… — Beth Macy Copy Share Image
My dad was a house painter. He was often unemployed by the time I came along. — Beth Macy Copy Share Image
Photographers do more assignments than reporters do, so they know their communities better. — Beth Macy Copy Share Image
I'm a unicorn in the world of journalism; I've stayed in the same mid-sized city, and that staying has allowed me to write two… — Beth Macy Copy Share Image
If you have a choice between buying something in Vietnam or China or buying something made in Virginia, why not buy it from people… — Beth Macy Copy Share Image
“Words linger and words matter, I learned, and it’s not possible to predict the fallout they can have on a subject’s life.” — Beth Macy Copy Share Image
My parents were really poor. We never bought books because you could go to the library. It would be stupid to buy one. — Beth Macy Copy Share Image
What I always do is go with the stories that put up the hair on the back of my neck or make me cry… — Beth Macy Copy Share Image
