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I'm Ellen E. Mintzer. I'm a writer, editor, and storyteller with a lifelong passion for stories in all their forms. I love the ampersand because of the possibilities, the expansiveness, that it represents. To quote Donna Haraway, I am interested in "the tension of holding incompatible things together because both or all are necessary and true." Let go of the framing of either/or to make way for &.
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Where light comes through: artist Sarah Tietje-Mietz
"We've always had innovation in our blood." DeIorio's Foods celebrates 100th anniversary
The Syracuse University alum discusses rediscovering her love for painting and the city she once fled. For this story, I was awarded 1st place for print/digital feature story by Syracuse Press Club in 2023.
Dael Orlandersmith's "Until the Flood" brings profound histories to life
Founded by Italian immigrants in 1924, DeIorio's evolved through the decades from selling loaves of bread to thriving in the frozen dough business.
"It's alive and powerful and still here."
