https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-g9qxb-abd1ed The Tale of Genji (???? Genji monogatari) is a classic work of Japanese literature written by the noblewoman and lady-in-waiting Murasaki Shikibu in the early years of the 11th century.The work recounts the life of Hikaru Genji, or "Shining Genji", the son of an ancient Japanese emperor, known to readers as Emperor Kiritsubo, and a low-ranking concubine called Kiritsubo Consort. For political reasons, the … Continue reading First Novel…Ever
Month: March 2019
#NCFroIsReading Rosa Guy’s Wade
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-87uk9-aa617b I will be reading excerpts from Rosa Guy's Wade a short memoir of a young Black soldier's coming of age during World War II in France. He discovers his life is worth living after he murders a racist fellow soldier. (I Know Right?!?!) I also will be giving a synopsis of the life and … Continue reading #NCFroIsReading Rosa Guy’s Wade
#NCFroIsReading is Enjoying Short Stories from African American Women Across the Century
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-xa887-aa3764 Today is International Women's Day and I choose to celebrate by reading amazing short stories from African American women writers from Jean Toomer, Ann Petry, circa 1958, with the only male, Jessie Fauset, circa 1919 to Terry McMillan circa 1991. I have enjoyed the sultry stylings of Lady Day aka Billie Holiday, tragic figure, … Continue reading #NCFroIsReading is Enjoying Short Stories from African American Women Across the Century
It’s Lent Ya’ll
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-qmvc4-a9e0af In celebration of Mardi Gras and Women's History Month, I am reading Colleen J McElroy's Jesus and Fat Tuesday on Fat Tuesday.(Go Figure) A reviewer wrote, her works are often influenced by her journeys both physical and mental, drawing on the landscapes that she has seen. About this influence, she once told one of her students … Continue reading It’s Lent Ya’ll
Celebrating Women’s History Month
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-mws4a-a9c28c In celebration of Women's History Month, I will be taking readings from gifted female writers. This episode features Song of Songs and the meaning of love and to be loved ending with a reading from The World of Rosie Polk by Ann Allen Shockley written two thousand years later and still supports the notion, … Continue reading Celebrating Women’s History Month