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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…

3 min readFeb 1, 2023

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Memory as medicine

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Ami Worthen

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…

6 min readOct 19, 2022

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Get on the ground

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Ami Worthen

Shakespeare and Stumptown

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

12 min readSep 1, 2022

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Shakespeare and Stumptown

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Ami Worthen

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…

10 min readAug 1, 2022

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What happened to Hill Street?

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Ami Worthen

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…

6 min readJun 6, 2022

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Numbers vs. narratives

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Ami Worthen

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…

4 min readMay 26, 2022

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Mooseman’s Records

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Ami Worthen

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…

5 min readFeb 20, 2022

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Montford & Stumptown Stories

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Ami Worthen

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…

3 min readJun 7, 2021

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History, accountability, and home

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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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