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
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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…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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Calling The Wind
#NCFroIsReading 4 Books…Becoming, The Other Einstein, Perfect, The 12 Tribes of Hattie
Nothing on TV, You Should Read
#NCFro is Reading…Nikki Giovanni My House
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-djvkt-a00588 #NCFro Says...Be Mindful, Be Thankful, Don't Be...a Dumbass.
#NCFro is Reading Knoxville TN by Nikki Giovanni
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-cn2i7-9b9099 Knoxville TN I always like summerBestyou can eat fresh cornFrom daddy's gardenAnd okraAnd greensAnd cabbageAnd lots ofBarbequeAnd buttermilkAnd homemade ice-creamAt the church picnicAnd listen toGospel musicOutsideAt the churchHomecomingAnd go to the mountains withYour grandmotherAnd go barefootedAnd be warmAll the timeNot only when you go to bedAnd sleep Nikki Giovanni
#NCFro is Reading 12 Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-scx2n-9b8199 This is taken from Super Summary synopsis: in 1980, Hattie and August bring their oldest living daughter, Cassie, to a mental institution. She has been hearing voices and has become a danger to herself and her daughter, Sala. Hattie feels overwhelmed at the thought of raising one last child but takes Sala in nonetheless. … Continue reading #NCFro is Reading 12 Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis
Bookclub 2018 Sula by Toni Morrison
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In Memoriam-Final
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