Jason Reynolds — On Hopelessness, the Virtue of Stamina, and Showing Grace to Ourselves
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Jason Reynolds — On Hopelessness, the Virtue of Stamina, and Showing Grace to Ourselves

March 19, 202651 min

From Krista: I was longing for a deep dive on the radiant and common-sense hope that Jason Reynolds embodies after I interviewed him at a Georgetown event last year. I got my chance at the 2025 Aspen Ideas Festival. Jason’s perspective is so urgent for the world we've now walked into: on giving ourselves grace to be hopeless, the virtue of stamina, and the hope that stays strong in him from his life in relationship with the very young in our midst — "the arbiters and purveyors of the future" — as well as an occasional stranger in a bar. Ja...

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