My attempt to meditate and write everyday. Start the new day doing what I love.
Author: dalesangelsinc
Always reading to learn, always moving...forward.
I am not a poet by #NCFro and #TNFro
My words will probably never be placed to music. But I hope to entertain and elevate the soul. To heighten your consciousness. To get you to think about something positive instead of a singular existence. It's ok if you don't feel it. It's ok if you don't understand it. It's like a touch, appropriate or … Continue reading I am not a poet by #NCFro and #TNFro
First Novel…Ever
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
#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
NCFroIsReading Flying Home by Ralph Ellison
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-54tcd-a9224f Black Boy Fly Lyrics by Kendrick Lamar I used to be jealous of Aaron AfflaloI used to be jealous of Aaron AfflaloHe was the one to followHe was the only leader foreseeing brighter tomorrowsHe would live in the gymWe was living in sorrowTotal envy of himHe made his dream become a realityActually making it … Continue reading NCFroIsReading Flying Home by Ralph Ellison
NCFroIsReading…Langston Hughes
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4vtbi-a8cf81 In Celebration of Black History Month I continue to read selections from Calling The Wind a collection of Short Stories from 20th Century African American Short Stories...and no I didn't get anything from the NC Book Festival. I couldn't find it!
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