Mark Swartz
@SwartzMark
Author, The Music Never Died: Tales from the Flipside. Contributor, @The74. Founder, https://aginginamerica.news/. Member, the resistance. He/him.
"Pearls of wisdom... is a cliché that doesn’t hold up, because pearls don’t just get handed to you. You got to dig for ’em. You might end up with a pearl of wisdom if you actually have a developing relationship." --David Greenberger aginginamerica.news/2025/07/22/bea…
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The Annie E. Casey Foundation is hosting a webinar on “Storytelling to Build Understanding About What Young People Need to Thrive” TOMORROW (July 23) at 1 p.m. ET. @AECFNews aecf.org/blog/storytell…
I interviewed @ChelseaClinton about 10 years of @ClintonFdn's #TooSmallToFail the74million.org/zero2eight/che…
My all-time favorite blues harp player. You can see him in the Blues Brothers movie, but to be blown away, listen to his instrumental cover of La Cucaracha, which appears on The Soul of the Blues Harmonica LP (1964).
Big Walter Horton Photo by ©Edward Yescalis
As the federal landscape shifts away from providing more support for the early care & education sectors, states continue to innovate by making policy, tax & spending decisions designed to support early educators & families, writes @Beckgale in @The74. the74million.org/zero2eight/abs…
The saddest sentence in the English language: "This page is asking you to confirm that you want to leave — information you’ve entered may not be saved." @GoogleDocs
If @Tin_House held a raffle for writers where the winner got to be subject to @DavidNaimon's epic, maximalist interview questions, I would buy 1000 tickets. open.spotify.com/episode/1BAkhX…
A recent article by @SwartzMark for @The74’s new zero2eight section amplifies early educators’ voices in describing how some of them advocate for family-centered policies while working hands-on with young children. the74million.org/zero2eight/why…
“I want to do better at immersing myself more in friendships.” aginginamerica.news/2025/06/25/por…
I just subscribed to @NewAmerica's The Thread newamerica.org/the-thread/
"Instead of building from scratch, the team found a more affordable solution: an unused education building at First Presbyterian Church."
Early childhood success story: A new child care collaborative is launching in Norfolk, Nebraska. Read all about it in @SiliconPrairie: siliconprairienews.com/2025/06/norfol…
Does anyone remember singing "Six Pants" instead of "Sixpence"? youtu.be/gNUJlOQ9T1g?si… With "naked wife" instead of "poor wife"
Honored that my new narrative is included in Zero2Eight, @the74 new vertical focused on early care, development, and education. FCC educators are the pillars of communities, and they can’t be overlooked any longer. #FamilyChildCare #ChildCare #EarlyChildhoodEducation
Sager: Home-based providers demonstrate resilience and dedication, yet they’re too often forgotten in conversations about child care the74million.org/zero2eight/wan…
The new issue of Love Love Magazine has the first chapter of my work-in-progress--a novel based on #BobDylan's "Tangled Up in Blue." fr.ulule.com/lovelovemagazi…
"a surfeit of songs bursting with sensual and cerebral pleasures" #SlyStone
Wrote a quick little obit about the mercurial musical revolutionary Sly Stone for @TheStranger . His songs will vibrate on a higher plane forever. thestranger.com/music/2025/06/…
Making a playlist of men singing songs written or made popular by women. What am I missing? open.spotify.com/playlist/03Kxb…