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Ann, it was good to get an update from your Shelfari page. I hope all is well with you in your new location. I miss seeing you in IC. I need to update my page!
Hello dear member of the Black Feminist/Womanist Literature group! It's J., the admin., and I'm writing to inform you of the group's new look! (And it goes beyond the change in our group picture, though it is nice, don't you agree?) :) What we're discussing now: Patricia Hill Collins' Black Feminist Thought, Toni Morrison's Sula for our July read, our little BIG Read: 7 short stories in 7 days to begin later this month, the National Black Arts Festival where Alice Walker and Pearl Cleage are featured speakers, and more!We'll soon have a group blog up and running, will begin profiling the uberly dynamic authors within our own group, discussing women's/girls action coalitions in your city, reviving some of our good ol' threads, etc. I challenge everyone to invite at least one friend (already a member of shelfari or otherwise) to join the Black Feminist/Womanist Literature group and to log in at least bi-weekly. (Though weekly would be wonderful!) And I pledge to do the same. And did you know that Toni Morrison's new novel, A Mercy, is due to be released in November? Ah, you would if you'd visited our group page! (No, actually, I haven't posted this information. lol) But do stop by and fall into the purple haze that is extraordinary literature by feminists of color!Love, Jaya
Wanted to let you know tha Slam Jam was great. It's going to be in LA next year. "Holla" when you're in this area.
THE BLACKWORLD: EVOLUTION TO REVOLUTION and TUTUOBA are two books that you will enjoy judging from your self. Especially TUTUOBA, the powerful pageturner - female Roots meets Candyman and more
A Cold and Silent Dying, Marti MacAlister mystery, Eleanor Taylor Bland...Story telling narrative journey from within everyday work relations. Workaholic character Lieutenant Nicholson dwells on a constant quest to being promoted. Detective MacAlister's achievement stress get scrutinized and baited by this new boss. MacAlisters’ personality is a motivator that involves a close friendship to an attempted murderer thought dead. Lincoln Prairie detective department members are finding one murder after another.
Take that back.although I stated I finisihed Susan Taylor's All about Love, I still read it because they are soo good. It is one of my favorites.
At present, not anything; I am off weekends, the first weekend I read Same as Different as Me, which to me was simply beautiful and heartbreaking at the same time. Then the past weekend I read Pearl Cleage's Seen It All and Done the Rest within a day and found it a great read. I love her books and you just hate to see it end. I also finished The Knees of Gullah Island by Dwight Fryer which is good but it left me with some unanswered questions. so now I'm just bookless for the moment.
"I am not a racist in any form whatsoever. I don't believe in any form of discrimination or segregation. I believe in Islam. I am a Muslim and there is nothing wrong with being a Muslim, nothing wrong with the religion of Islam. It just teaches us to believe in Allah as the God. Those of you who are Christian probably believe in the same God, because I think you believe in the God Who created the universe. That's the One we believe in, the One Who created universe--the only difference being you call Him God and we call Him Allah. The Jews call Him Jehovah. If you could understand Hebrew, you would probably call Him Jehovah too. If you could understand Arabic, you would probably call Him Allah...." "I am and always will be a Muslim. My religion is Islam." - Malcolm Xhttp://www.malcolm-x.org/docs/gen_zion.htm
Hello Friend,Please visit my cyberspace home at: www.firstborngirl.blogspot.com where I am blogging about my current journey to publication. Peace & Light,AuthorBernice L. McFadden
I LOVE the picture for your avatar.
Awwwh.... I love your new avatar!
Yes, we've met. Terri has attended some of our meetings. In fact, I've invited her to LaConnie's book signing on April 12th. Are you coming to Chicago for RSJ?
Thanks for the friend invite. Our book club (SOC) does not pick a particular book; instead each member discusses the book(s) that they are reading and passionate about. Are you ever in Little Rock. If so, gives us a shout. Would love to have you visit.
Glad to have you as a reader and a friend!
4 A Fried, I hope you &your family have a bless and Happy Easter as well.Quay
Hi Aywhite, just wishing you a Happy Easter Day.
Hey there,I replied to your question wheather you should read "The Color of Love: A Mother's Choice in the Jim Crow South" with a little note, but wanted to also tell you that this book brought back fond memories of a friend....If you check(ed) and read my profile, you know that I am the daughter of a mixed-race mom and white dad, born in Germany. (I've immigrated to the US, over 17 years ago.) Back in Germany, I had a friend whos mother was white (German) and (birth) father was African American. He also had an older brother that was fathered by another African American man. (We had a lot of US GI stationed near us....) Then, one day, I was introduced to my friend's "dad", who was a white American. (I know... you're thinking... WTH?) My friends mother had had 2 boys fathered by (2 separate) black men, but eventually fell in love and married a white man. What's even more amazing - and sad - is, that this man was from the (US) South... Georgia, to be precise. When he decided to marry this white (German) woman and raise as well as love as his own, her 2 black boys, this man's white (and obviously racist) family disowned him. That's love for ya...
Hi Aywhite, Actually I did not click "no" you shouldn't read it. That's weird. But anyway, I read it a while ago and I enjoyed it. It's a very quick read that can take place in one sitting, I believe. Emotional and lyrical. Give it a try and let me know what you think.
Ann,You put me to shame. 169 books? Is that what you're doint in that cube all day? ;-)kc
hi! i found the film Beloved somewhat disappointing and i suspect it was because of dear ol' Oprah (God bless her!) she's got plenty of talents but acting, i'm afraid just isn't one of them. the actress (I don't recall her name) who played the younger beloved was excellent and brought to her role the kind of intensity that it required. the book's intensity just didn't come through in the film and I was sorry. To Kill a Mockingbird (I notice it's one of your favourites, as it is very much mine too) on the other hand was rendered beautifully into film. A classic really.