“But the general feeling in the neighborhood was that school was for suckers. The dropouts were the ones who said that the… — Michael Patrick MacDonald Copy Share Image
“Look, he's just in another form! Do you understand?" Ma explained. I didn't know where she was going with it. The old… — Michael Patrick MacDonald Getting married Copy Share Image
“I remember hating having to cross over the Broadway Bridge again, having to leave the peninsula neighborhood and go back to my… — Michael Patrick MacDonald First-sentence Copy Share Image
“It’s funny, I thought, how the people who seem the meanest, the people we want nothing to do with, might be in… — Michael Patrick MacDonald Pain Copy Share Image
“When I started doing community organizing in Boston's neighborhoods, working on all the issues that had affected my family - violence, poverty,… — Michael Patrick MacDonald Black people Copy Share Image
“I stared at them for a good long time, wondering if they didn’t know how to use their wings, of if they… — Michael Patrick MacDonald Long time Copy Share Image
“When the thousands of people sang the national anthem, with their right hands over their chest, I cried. It was as if… — Michael Patrick MacDonald Land of the free Copy Share Image
“Someone told me you were worshipping the devil with the punk rocks!" he said, opening the jug. Ma walked into the apartment,… — Michael Patrick MacDonald Copy Share Image
