# great gatsby (blogs) — RSS Amplifier

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## [Discovering My American Identity...In Portugal](https://kyradavisauthor.substack.com/p/discovering-my-american-identityin)

_2026-07-04 · Kyra · Blood, Sweat & Words by Kyra Davis Lurie_

I’m stepping into America’s 250th birthday in Lisbon, contemplating my Americanism.

## [Pulling A James Baldwin](https://kyradavisauthor.substack.com/p/pulling-a-james-baldwin)

_2026-06-01 · Kyra · Blood, Sweat & Words by Kyra Davis Lurie_

At the age of 24, James Baldwin left America and moved to France.

## [The best teaching strategy meets students where they are, even if that is AI](https://milescorak.com/2026/01/09/the-best-teaching-strategy-meets-students-where-they-are-even-if-that-is-ai/)

_2026-01-10 · MilesCorak · Economics for public policy_

My teaching style varies with student need, trying to meet individuals where they are and appreciating the barriers they may face. Putting it perhaps too coarsely, I will have a rough impression of a student as either “capable” or “not capable”, cautiously using these words as a catch-all for knowledge, skills, and personal engagement with Continue reading The best teaching strategy meets students…

## [Ethel Waters, Sugar Hill’s Troublemaking Queen](https://kyradavisauthor.substack.com/p/ethel-waters-the-regal-badass-of)

_2025-07-18 · Kyra · Blood, Sweat & Words by Kyra Davis Lurie_

The most common word people who worked with Ethel Waters used to describe her was “Difficult.” Some thought, “Troublemaker,” was more accurate.

## [Happy Birthday, América](https://kyradavisauthor.substack.com/p/happy-birthday-america)

_2025-07-04 · Kyra · Blood, Sweat & Words by Kyra Davis Lurie_

When I was little, before every birthday my mom would take me to this magical place a few miles south on Highway 1, a store with a roof but few walls, giving it the feel of an open air market.

## [Give L.A. Her Flowers](https://kyradavisauthor.substack.com/p/give-los-angeles-her-flowers)

_2025-06-10 · Kyra · Blood, Sweat & Words by Kyra Davis Lurie_

I’m writing this on Monday June 9th.

## [Moving The Great Gatsby Into Sugar Hill](https://kyradavisauthor.substack.com/p/moving-the-great-gatsby-into-sugar)

_2025-05-31 · Kyra · Blood, Sweat & Words by Kyra Davis Lurie_

The themes of THE GREAT GATSBY fit so beautifully with the history of L.A.’s Sugar Hill, where the city’s Black elite lived in mansions and defied expectations, I simply couldn’t resist marrying the two within my upcoming novel, THE GREAT MANN.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/164839857/99257992f3d8fe604168e8ee6e0115d8.mp3)

## [Substack Take-Over](https://kyradavisauthor.substack.com/p/substack-take-over)

_2025-05-16 · Kyra · Blood, Sweat & Words by Kyra Davis Lurie_

By Kyra's husband

## [The Rules Of Keeping Kyra Sane](https://kyradavisauthor.substack.com/p/the-rules-of-keeping-kyra-sane)

_2025-05-02 · Kyra · Blood, Sweat & Words by Kyra Davis Lurie_

...and other improbable goals

## [Self-Centered Heroes](https://kyradavisauthor.substack.com/p/self-centered-heroes)

_2025-04-18 · Kyra · Blood, Sweat & Words by Kyra Davis Lurie_

Is the stratospheric success of one African American a form of activism?

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_2025-04-18 · **Sponsored**_

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## [Gatsby Is (Almost\*) All Of Us](https://kyradavisauthor.substack.com/p/gatsby-is-all-of-us)

_2025-04-10 · Kyra · Blood, Sweat & Words by Kyra Davis Lurie_

\*Old money folks not included

## [Inequality and Economic Opportunity &#8230; what do we care about? what do we measure? what should we do?](https://milescorak.com/2025/03/27/inequality-and-economic-opportunity-what-do-we-care-about-what-do-we-measure-what-should-we-do/)

_2025-03-27 · MilesCorak · Economics for public policy_

Inequality erodes opportunity, and limited opportunity exacerbates inequality. This vicious inter-generational cycle has brought inclusive growth into question, contributed to the rise of populist sentiment, and strained the social contract in many rich countries. The way forward for researchers and policy makers requires not only a clear understanding of the facts about what kind of Continue…