????-The Shining Genji

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-xryb5-ad4627 A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a hard word stirs up anger.The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge, but the mouth of the fool gushes folly.The soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.Prov 15:1-2,4. Is That All You Have To Say? By #TNFro...The UnPoet Lots of words … Continue reading ????-The Shining Genji

Tale of Genji

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-gv48e-ad1165 Honesty, always In. Subterfuge, Out. Fun In. Dumbassery, Out Love, In. Hate, always Out. Shaken not stirred dry gin martini 3 olives, always In. White jeans on Day 28, Out. Pursuit of an unscratched original pressing of Billie Holiday during the Decca years, In. Spreading vile gossip Out. European unity does not mean cultural … Continue reading Tale of Genji

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 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