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Ami Worthen

Memory as medicine

“I’m real proud of Stumptown, I know I’m a long way from Stumptown but I can’t forget, that’s my roots. That’s my roots.” — Sophie Dixon…

Feb 1, 2023

Memory as medicine

Feb 1, 2023

Get on the ground

“Get on the ground,” my friend and neighbor Odell Irby often says, referring to the importance of in person encounters. And he means it…

Oct 19, 2022

Get on the ground

Oct 19, 2022

Shakespeare and Stumptown

Embracing multiple truths is not easy in a culture that prefers binaries, that tends to simplify complex realities into good/bad…

Sep 1, 2022

Shakespeare and Stumptown

Sep 1, 2022

What happened to Hill Street?

Hill Street was a historically Black neighborhood in Asheville, NC. Have you heard of it? Likely not. Its story, like the homes which once…

Aug 1, 2022

What happened to Hill Street?

Aug 1, 2022

Numbers vs. narratives

The onset of the pandemic and quarantine in 2020 inspired a deeper awareness of my relationship with my neighborhood, leading me to…

Jun 6, 2022

Numbers vs. narratives

Jun 6, 2022

Mooseman’s Records

A few years ago, our friend Damion “DJ Supaman” Smith called to see if my sweetie Jason Krekel could take some boxes of records that were…

May 26, 2022

Mooseman’s Records

May 26, 2022

Montford & Stumptown Stories

When I last wrote, it was wonderings on water. Today, I am examining earth; specifically the patch of soil upon which I live. The rooted…

Feb 20, 2022

Montford & Stumptown Stories

Feb 20, 2022

History, accountability, and home

In 1998, I made a decision that would greatly shape my life — I bought a small bungalow in the Montford neighborhood. Fast forward to 2021…

Jun 7, 2021

History, accountability, and home

Jun 7, 2021

Ami Worthen

Ami Worthen

A writer, collaborator, and neighbor engaging history, community, and possibility in Montford & Stumptown | she/ella | amiworthen.com

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